title: [Intestinal occlusion due to cecal volvulus].
abstract: Cecal volvulus is uncommon in the West and represents only 1% of cases of intestinal occlusion in adults. We describe three cases of intestinal occlusion due to cecal volvulus in two women aged 74 and 61 years old and a man aged 81 years old with multiple pathological antecedents. The patients had pain, abdominal distension and absent feces. They were treated surgically with right hemicolectomy and mechanical ileocolonic anastomosis. The postoperative course was favorable in the two women but the man died. The two female patients are currently able to perform appropriate social and occupational activities for their age and underlying diseases.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain. joserod@eresmas.net
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Hermosa
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farrés
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pont
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Codina-Cazador
authors.forename: Bartomeu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roig
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Olivet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged