The sigmoid volvulus: surgical timing and mortality for different clinical types

BACKGROUND: In western countries intestinal obstruction caused by sigmoid volvulus is rare and its mortality remains significant in patients with late diagnosis. The aim of this work is to assess what is the correct surgical timing and how the prognosis changes for the different clinical types. METH...

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Autores principales: Cirocchi, Roberto, Farinella, Eriberto, La Mura, Francesco, Morelli, Umberto, Trastulli, Stefano, Milani, Diego, Di Patrizi, Micol S, Rossetti, Barbara, Spizzirri, Alessandro, Galanou, Ioanna, Kopanakis, Konstandinos, Mecarelli, Valerio, Sciannameo, Francesco
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20148115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-5-1

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