[Intestinal occlusion due to cecal volvulus].
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.
Rodríguez-Hermosa
José Ignacio
JI
Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain. joserod@eresmas.net
Martín
Adam
A
Farrés
Ramón
R
Pont
Josep
J
Codina-Cazador
Antoni
A
Ruiz
Bartomeu
B
Roig
Josep
J
Olivet
Francesc
F
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