• Pak J Med Sci · Nov 2021

    Case Reports

    Spontaneous Detorsion of Sigmoid Volvulus in a patient with Nineteen-Volvulus episode history: A rare outcome of an extremely rare clinical entity.

    • Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp, Esra Disci, Cansu Tatar Atamanalp, and Refik Selim Atamanalp.
    • Prof. Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp, MD. Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
    • Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Nov 1; 37 (7): 2029-2031.

    AbstractSigmoid volvulus (SV) recurrence more than 10 times is an extremely rare clinical entity and spontaneous detorsion is a rare outcome of SV. In this paper, we report a case with 19 previous SV attacks, in last of which spontaneous detorsion occurred. Such a multiple-episode history as well as an unexpected recovery was unique in a 1,036-case clinical profession of Ataturk University with SV over a 54.5-year period.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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