Endoscopic reduction of a volvulus of the sigmoid colon in pregnancy: case report and a comprehensive review of the literature

Sigmoid volvulus is a rare, but serious, complication that can occur during pregnancy. We present a case of a 33-year-old pregnant female in the third trimester with a sigmoid volvulus. Detorsion of the volvulus was performed during colonoscopy. The patient underwent an elective sigmoidectomy at a l...

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Autores principales: Aftab, Zia, Toro, Adriana, Abdelaal, Abdelrahmam, Dasovky, Mohammed, Gehani, Salahdin, Abdel Mola, Abdelatif, Di Carlo, Isidoro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-9-41

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-9-41

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