Caecal volvulus: high index of suspicion is the key to early diagnosis

Caecal volvulus represents an uncommon acute surgical presentation of bowel obstruction. Familiarity with particular long-term symptoms and pre-disposing factors can help a clinician identify caecal volvulus as a possible diagnosis. There has been a changing vogue of radiological investigation and s...

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Autores principales: Rout, Alexandra, Pillai, Sandhya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8634507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab517
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description Caecal volvulus represents an uncommon acute surgical presentation of bowel obstruction. Familiarity with particular long-term symptoms and pre-disposing factors can help a clinician identify caecal volvulus as a possible diagnosis. There has been a changing vogue of radiological investigation and surgical interventions. We present a summary of these options.
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spelling pubmed-86345072021-12-02 Caecal volvulus: high index of suspicion is the key to early diagnosis Rout, Alexandra Pillai, Sandhya J Surg Case Rep Case Report Caecal volvulus represents an uncommon acute surgical presentation of bowel obstruction. Familiarity with particular long-term symptoms and pre-disposing factors can help a clinician identify caecal volvulus as a possible diagnosis. There has been a changing vogue of radiological investigation and surgical interventions. We present a summary of these options. Oxford University Press 2021-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8634507/ /pubmed/34868549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab517 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-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_full Caecal volvulus: high index of suspicion is the key to early diagnosis
title_fullStr Caecal volvulus: high index of suspicion is the key to early diagnosis
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title_short Caecal volvulus: high index of suspicion is the key to early diagnosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8634507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868549
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