title: [Anesthesia in particular cases of acute abdomen (volvulus of the intestine)].
abstract: Description of a total of 236 cases of intestinal volvulus of which, 141 cases concerning the small intestine, 2 of the transverse, 13 of the caecum and 80 of the sigmoid. Detailed discussions are made on each type of volvulus, the etiology, pathogenesis, pathological anatomy, while particular extensions is given to the description of the results obtained that are compared with the data found from the examination of the literature. A separate treatment is reserved to the anaesthesia in the cases of intestinal acute volvulus and particularly to some technical measures to which is to be submitted the patient who suffers from mechanical occlusion with serious intestinal ache.
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small
vernacular_title: L'anestesia in alcuni casi particolari di addome acuto (i volvoli dell'intestino).