Progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy

Among the pediatric population malrotation is the most common cause of volvulus. This paper describes a case of adult malrotation, which progressed to volvulus shortly after appendectomy. It also reviews clinical presentations and diagnostic tools, discusses the recommended management, and considera...

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Autores principales: Basa, Johanna, Shimotake, Lisa, Sugiyama, Gainosuke, Song, Boyoung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4164192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24876369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju002
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description Among the pediatric population malrotation is the most common cause of volvulus. This paper describes a case of adult malrotation, which progressed to volvulus shortly after appendectomy. It also reviews clinical presentations and diagnostic tools, discusses the recommended management, and considerations when addressing of this rare malady.
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spelling pubmed-41641922014-09-17 Progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy Basa, Johanna Shimotake, Lisa Sugiyama, Gainosuke Song, Boyoung J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Among the pediatric population malrotation is the most common cause of volvulus. This paper describes a case of adult malrotation, which progressed to volvulus shortly after appendectomy. It also reviews clinical presentations and diagnostic tools, discusses the recommended management, and considerations when addressing of this rare malady. Oxford University Press 2014-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4164192/ /pubmed/24876369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju002 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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title Progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy
title_full Progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy
title_fullStr Progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy
title_full_unstemmed Progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy
title_short Progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy
title_sort progression of malrotation into volvulus in an adult after appendectomy
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4164192/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju002
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