title: Volvulus of the sigmoid colon.
abstract: Between 1983 and 1986, 18 patients with colonic volvulus (94.4% sigmoid, 5.6% caecal) were seen at Karadeniz Medical Faculty. There were 11 male and 7 female patients, with a mean age of 68 years. In 66.6% and 22.2% of patients respectively a palliative procedure or a Hartmann operation were performed. The recurrence rate in the palliative group was 30%. The mortality rate for all patients with volvulus was 16.8%. The palliative procedures were successful in patients in good general condition and without bowel necrosis, whereas the Hartmann operation gave successful results in patients with bowel necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oncü
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pískín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yandi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000601:surgery