[Various problems of surgical treatment of volvulus of the sigmoid].
Some aspects of surgical tactics in 57 patients with sigmoid ileus are discussed. In 42 patients palliative operations were performed, 7 patients (16.7%) died. In 15 cases radical operations were performed. Palliative operations are recommended only for aged patients, but in most cases sigmoidectomy seems to be warranted.
D000208:Acute Disease; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged
Nekotorye voprosy khirurgicheskogo lecheniia bol'nykh s zavorotom sigmovidnoĭ kishki.