LAPAROSCOPY-ASSISTED SIGMOID COLECTOMY FOR VOLVULUS

Citation
Cc. Chung et al., LAPAROSCOPY-ASSISTED SIGMOID COLECTOMY FOR VOLVULUS, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 7(5), 1997, pp. 423-425
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
7
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
423 - 425
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1997)7:5<423:LSCFV>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report on five male patients with sigmoid volvulus treated by lapar oscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy. Intraoperative colonic irrigation w as used in two patients prior to resection and primary anastomosis. An intracorporeal technique of bowel anastomosis was used that allowed s maller skin incisions as compared with the extracorporeal technique. A ll five patients recovered uneventfully, and most were discharged with in 1 week after the operation. There was no recurrence at the conclusi on of the follow-up. Laparoscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy may prove to be the procedure of choice in patients with sigmoid volvulus.