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Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas

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MULAS, C.; BRUNA, M.; GARCIA-ARMENGOL, J.  e  ROIG, J. V.. Management of colonic volvulus: Experience in 75 patients. Rev. esp. enferm. dig. [online]. 2010, vol.102, n.4, pp.239-248. ISSN 1130-0108.

Background: the diagnostic and therapeutic management of colonic volvulus remains nowadays controversial. The election of the type of surgery, its timing, or the use of non-operative decompression must be based on the experience of a multidisciplinary team, the clinical condition of the patient, and the type of volvulus. Objectives: the purpose of this study is to review our experience and results in the treatment of patients with colonic volvulus. Material and methods: we performed a retrospective study of patients diagnosed of colonic volvulus between January 1990 and September 2008 in our institution. Results: we included a total of 75 patients with a mean age of 72.7 years and, in most cases, with associated comorbidities and constipation. The most frequently involved segment was sigmoid colon (85.3%). A rectal tube insertion was used as the only therapeutic measure in 17 patients (22.4%), colonoscopic decompression in 17 (22.4%), and surgery in 41 patients (55.2%). Intestinal resection with primary anastomosis was the most common surgical option. Postoperative morbidity was 43%, being wound infections the most frequent complication. In the group of non-surgical treatment morbidity was 26.4%, albeit with a higher and early rate of recurrences. Conclusions: treatment of colonic volvulus present important morbidity and mortality rates, and its treatment must be individualized. Resective surgery with primary anastomosis in clinically stable patients is the most appropriate therapeutic option, offering the lower recurrence rates.

Palavras-chave : Colonic volvulus; Intestinal obstruction; Endoscopic decompression; Surgical treatment.

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