title: Laparoscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy for volvulus.
abstract: We report on five male patients with sigmoid volvulus treated by laparoscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy. Intraoperative colonic irrigation was used in two patients prior to resection and primary anastomosis. An intracorporeal technique of bowel anastomosis was used that allowed smaller skin incisions as compared with the extracorporeal technique. All five patients recovered uneventfully, and most were discharged within 1 week after the operation. There was no recurrence at the conclusion of the follow-up. Laparoscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy may prove to be the procedure of choice in patients with sigmoid volvulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*