Gangrenous sigmoid volvulus: A clinical study of 76 patients

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-142

  Bhatnagar, B N S ^a,b,c   Sharma, C L N ^a   Gautam, A ^a   Kakar, A ^b   Reddy, D C S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Gangrene sigmoid colon; Sigmoid diseases; Volvulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COLON, SIGMOID; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOID DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242307902     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0534-8     Document Type: Article

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