Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

A clinical study on sigmoid volvulus and its various methods of management

Dr. Yeddula V Jayaramudu, Dr. Addepalli Shyam Sundar

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This prospective study was conducted at Santhiram general hospital,nandyal from August 2016 to March 2019 and included 40 patients with sigmoid volvulus (33 males and 7 females),presented to emergency department more commonly with abdominal distention,constipation and abdominal pain. After thorough examination and investigation,these patients underwent different surgical procedures based on the clinical presentation and condition of the bowel seen intra–operatively (sigmoidopexy in 3,primary resection and end to end anastomosis in 31,hartmann’s procedure in 6 patients). This study involves the clinical course and manifestations of sigmoid volvulus, and the out come of the disease by various methods of treatment in reducing the mortality rate in patients with sigmoid volvulus. And also we discussed the incidence,different clinical presentations,outcomes by different surgical procedures for sigmoid volvulus in comparision with other studies.

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A CLINICAL STUDY ON SIGMOID VOLVULUS AND ITS VARIOUS METHODS OF MANAGEMENT, Dr. YEDDULA V JAYARAMUDU, Dr. ADDEPALLI SHYAM SUNDAR INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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