Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus

Intrathoracic gastric volvulus with herniation of colon and omentum in a paraesophageal hernia is a rare occurrence. It may present as an acute surgical emergency with life-threatening complications. The diagnosis is usually made by imaging studies and endoscopy. Definite treatment is surgery. We pr...

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Autor principal: Golash, Vishwanath
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2006
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Unusual Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170239
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description Intrathoracic gastric volvulus with herniation of colon and omentum in a paraesophageal hernia is a rare occurrence. It may present as an acute surgical emergency with life-threatening complications. The diagnosis is usually made by imaging studies and endoscopy. Definite treatment is surgery. We present the laparoscopic management of this case.
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spelling pubmed-29972772010-12-17 Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus Golash, Vishwanath J Minim Access Surg Unusual Case Intrathoracic gastric volvulus with herniation of colon and omentum in a paraesophageal hernia is a rare occurrence. It may present as an acute surgical emergency with life-threatening complications. The diagnosis is usually made by imaging studies and endoscopy. Definite treatment is surgery. We present the laparoscopic management of this case. Medknow Publications 2006-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2997277/ /pubmed/21170239 Text en © Journal of Minimal Access Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Unusual Case
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Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus
title Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus
title_full Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus
title_fullStr Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus
title_full_unstemmed Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus
title_short Laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus
title_sort laparoscopic reduction of acute intrathoracic herniation of colon, omentum and gastric volvulus
topic Unusual Case
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170239
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