There were 4 deaths, or a mortality of 17 per cent, and 2 patients were found to have gangrenous bowel at the time of laparotomy. Cecostomy as a therapeutic procedure in sigmoidal volvulus is ...

A burst appendix or a life-threatening intestinal volvulus are emergencies that need to be treated by surgeons immediately. However, a life-saving operation, in which tissue from the digestive ...

“Jah’ Seki was born with mal-rotation of the mid volvulus gut. His small intestines ... Less than 1% of infants are born with short bowel syndrome, which happens when either the large or ...