DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.IntJSciRep20160503
Published: 2016-02-25

Small bowel volvulus: a rare twist in an adult

Madhuri Barabde, Saurabh Tiwari, Vasant Lavankar

Abstract


Volvulus is a special form of mechanical intestinal obstruction. It is most commonly seen in sigmoid colon. It results from abnormal twisting of a loop of bowel around the axis of its own mesentery. Small bowel volvulus (SBV) is a rare condition even though the incidence in Africa and Asia is high. It is of two types; primary and secondary. It requires emergency surgical intervention; more so as consuming time increases the risk of bowel getting gangrenous. Here is a case of primary small bowel volvulus in an elderly man with evidence of ischemic bowel and perforation who was managed surgically by resection and anastomosis.


Keywords


Bowel infarction, Small bowel, Volvulus, Midgut

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