title: [Radical surgical treatment of sigmoid volvulus].
abstract: The results of surgical treatment of 106 patients with sigmoid colon volvulus against the background of megacolon are set forth. The total lethality constituted 19%. The resection of the sigmoid colon was carried out upon 62 patients: one-step operation was performed upon 45 patients (of them 11 died--24.4%), 17 patients underwent the obstructive resection, of them 4 patients died (23.5%). In case of sigmoid colon gangrene lethality, following one-step resection of the sigmoid colon, constituted 26.5%, with the viable gut lethality was 18%. The detorsion of the sigmoid colon was carried out upon 44 cases of mesosigmoidopexy; the lethality was 11.4%.
mesh_terms: D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care
vernacular_title: O radikal'nosti khirurgicheskogo lecheniia zavorota sigmoidnoĭ kishki.