Volvulus is a condition that occurs when your bowel (which makes up your small intestine, colon, and rectum) twists around itself, causing a bowel blockage. This twist can block blood flow to the ...

We recorded 644 patients with obstruction of any type ... and finally one patient underwent successful sigmoid volvulus derotation. The number of therapeutic endoscopic interventions was 17/ ...

Grenham’s colon was not punctured or blood-deprived, so doctors untwisted it during a partial ... great.” Sigmoid volvulus is rare in the U.S., accounting for 10% of intestinal obstruction ...