RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58105815
T1 Volvulus
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58105815
RD 2024/04/19
AB •  Rotation  of  a  segment  of  intestine  on  an  axis  (bowel  twists  on  its  mesentery)•  Most  commonly  sigmoid  colon  (65%)  and  cecum•  May  produce  large  or  small  bowel  obstruction•  Causes  closed-loop  obstruction•  Predisposes  to  bowel  infarction,  perforation