No satisfactory method of fixation of the redundant sigmoid to prevent recurrence has been described, so that almost all patients, because of the considerable tendency for volvulus to recur ...

A right hemicolectomy was performed, and the patient recovered uneventfully. Characteristic findings on radiography include a dilated and displaced haustral bowel loop, with a paucity of gas in the ...

a condition known as a sigmoid volvulus, Cunningham says. “It can just happen spontaneously,” she tells TODAY.com. “There’s nothing that really seems to be a precipitating factor for this.” ...

Doctors at Tenkasi government headquarters hospital (GHQH) on Monday successfully performed life-saving emergency surgery in less than four hours to treat a 57-year-old man with sigmoid volvulus ...