Volvulus of the Cecum and Ascending Colon
- 17 July 1947
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 237 (3) , 78-86
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194707172370302
Abstract
IT IS the purpose of this paper to present 7 cases of volvulus of the cecum and ascending colon and to discuss the preoperative diagnosis of this condition, with emphasis on roentgenologic findings, and the proper surgical treatment.The problem of volvulus of the cecum is not frequent, and yet one of us (E.L.Y.) has operated on 3 cases in the last four years. The incidence in North America is relatively low. At the Massachusetts General Hospital over a period of fifty-seven years it was 1.15 per cent (6 cases) in 520 cases of acute intestinal obstruction exclusive of those . . .Keywords
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