Volvulus of the sigmoid colon at Baragwanath Hospital

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-28

  Degiannis, Elias ^a   Levy, Richard D ^a   Sliwa, Karen ^a   Hale, Martin J ^a   Saadia, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030075269     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Ballantyne GH. Review of the sigmoid volvulus. Clinical patterns and pathogenesis. Dis Colon Rectum 1982; 25: 823-830.
2. Ballantyne GH, Brandner MD, Beart RW, Ilsrup DM. Volvulus of the colon. Incidence and mortality. Ann Surg 1985; 202: 83-91.
3. Schagen van Leeuven JH. Sigmoid volvulus in a West African population. Dis Colon Rectum 1985; 28: 712-716.
4. Udezue NO. Sigmoid volvulus in Kaduna, Nigeria. Dis Colon Rectum 1990; 33: 647-649.
5. Bubrick MP. Volvulus of the colon. In: Gordon PH, Nivatvongs S, eds. Principles and Practice of Surgery for the Colon, Rectum and Anus. St Louis: Quality Medical Publishing, 1992.
6. Friedman JD, Odland MD, Bubrick MP. Experience with colonic volvulus. Dis Colon Rectum 1989; 32: 409-416.
7. Shepherd JJ. The epidemiology and clinical presentation of sigmoid volvulus. Br J Surg 1969; 56: 353-359.
8. Habr Gama A, Haddad J, Simousen O, et al. Volvulus of the sigmoid colon in Brazil: a report of 230 cases. Dis Colon Rectum 1976; 19: 314-320.
9. Dunselman GA jun. Intestinal obstruction in pregnancy. Trop Doct 1983; 13: 174-177.
10. Warren DM. Disease, medicine and religion among the Techiman Bono of Ghana: a study in cultural change. Thesis, University of Indiana, 1974.
11. Agrawal RL, Misra MK. Volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Int Surg 1971; 55: 49-56.
12. Asbun HJ, Castellanos H, Balderrama B, et al. Sigmoid volvulus in the high altitude of the Andes. Review of 230 cases. Dis Colon Rectum 1992; 35: 350-353.
13. Cole GJ. A review of 436 cases of intestinal obstruction in Ibadan. Gut 1965; 6: 151-162.
14. Bohrer SP. Volvulus of the sigmoid in Africa. BMJ 1968; 1: 179-184.
15. Katzarski M, Gopal Rao VK, Brady K. The sigmoid colon in Zambians. Dis Colon Rectum 1980; 14: 29-30.
16. Welch GH, Anderson JR. Acute volvulus of the sigmoid colon. World J Surg 1987; 11: 258-262.
17. Salim AS. Management of acute volvulus of the sigmoid colon: a new approach by percutaneous deflation and colopexy. World J Surg 1991; 15: 68-73.
18. Shepherd JJ. Treatment of volvulus of sigmoid colon. A review of 425 cases. BMJ 1968; 1: 280-283.
19. Arnold GJ, Nance FC. Volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Ann Surg 1973; 177: 527-531.
20. Bak MP, Boley SJ. Sigmoid volvulus in elderly patients. Am J Surg 1986; 151: 71-75.
21. Hall-Craggs ECB. Sigmoid volvulus in an African population. BMJ 1960; 1: 1015-1017.
22. Peoples JB, McCafferty JC, Scher KS. Operative therapy for sigmoid volvulus. Identification of risk factors affecting outcome. Dis Colon Rectum 1990; 33: 643-646.
23. Subrahmanyam M. Mesosigmoidoplasty as a definitive operation for sigmoid volvulus. Br J Surg 1992; 79: 683-684.
24. Bagarani M, Conde AS, Longo R, Italiano A, Tervenzi A, Venuto G. Sigmoid volvulus in West Africa. A prospective study on surgical treatments. Dis Colon Rectum 1993; 36: 186-190.