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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X
EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 6, No. 1, 2001, pp. 15-17
Bioline Code: js01004
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2001, pp. 15-17

 en
P. Poovan, L. Mohamed

Abstract

Seventy nine patients with sigmoid volvulus were managed at Attat Hospital in Central Ethiopia between 1980 and 1993. A total of 25 (32%) of the patients had gangrenous bowel while 54 (68%) had viable sigmoid colon. Seventy three of the patients were managed by resection and primary anastomosis. Two (9%) of the 23 patients with gangrenous bowel who had resection and primary anastomosis died while for those with viable sigmoid colon the mortality rate was 4% ( 2 out of 50). The paper discusses the management of sigmoid volvulus both with viable and with gangrenous bowel. It is recommended that whenever possible, resection and primary anastomosis should be the procedure of choice in the management of sigmoid volvulus.

Keywords
Management, sigmoid, volvulus

 
 es Sigmoid volvulus management in a rural hospital in Ethiopia.
P. Poovan, L. Mohamed

 
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