SIGMOID VOLVULUS IN KADUNA, NIGERIA

被引:28
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作者
UDEZUE, NO
机构
[1] Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna
关键词
Bowel gangrene; Colonic obstruction; Large-bowel obstruction; Sigmoid volvulus; Volvulus of the colon;
D O I
10.1007/BF02150738
中图分类号
R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
学科分类号
摘要
Worldwide regional variations exist in the incidence of sigmoid volvulus. This article describes the experience with sigmoid volvulus at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Kaduna, Nigeria. Sixty of 121 patients who had large-bowel obstruction over a 15-year period had sigmoid volvulus. Fifty-seven (95 percent) had gangrenous bowel. The mortality rate was 16.7 percent. The clinical presentation and the treatment modalities offered are discussed. © 1990 J. B. Lippincott Co.
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