The CT studies of ten patients with surgically confirmed cecal volvulus were reviewed ... the presence of an ileocecal twist, and the clockwise or counterclockwise direction of the whirl sign ...

Background and Aim: The technical performance of colonoscopy performed in deeply sedated patients differs from that performed without sedation or under minimal to moderate sedation. The aim of ...

Emergent laparotomy showed that the small bowel volvulus had caused bowel necrosis. No malrotation or adhesions were seen. A segmental bowel resection was performed; the patient recovered and was ...

1 Department of General Surgery, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. 2 Department of Surgery of International, Faculty of Medicine and Stomatology, Tbilisi State Medical University, ...