Nonoperative Reduction of Acute Volvulus of the Sigmoid

Abstract

THE incidence of sigmoidal volvulus in the United States is so low that few surgeons acquire great experience in dealing with it. It is reported by most authors as ranging between 1 and 4 per cent of all cases of intestinal obstruction. At the Massachusetts General Hospital in the last seventeen years it has been the cause of 2.5 per cent of such cases.In Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, on the other hand, it is reported to be far more common, comprising from 30 to 50 per cent of all cases of intestinal obstruction.1 The treatment of sigmoidal volvulus in . . .