Acute sigmoid volvulus in a West African population

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-90

  Nuhu, Ali ^a   Jah, Abubacar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Acute sigmoid volvulus; presentation; surgical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON RESECTION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GANGRENE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANASTOMOSIS; COMPLICATION; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954779251     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.64747     Document Type: Article

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