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  • Title: Laparoscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy for volvulus.
    Author: Chung CC, Kwok SP, Leung KL, Kwong KH, Lau WY, Li AK.
    Journal: Surg Laparosc Endosc; 1997 Oct; 7(5):423-5. PubMed ID: 9348625.
    Abstract:
    We report on five male patients with sigmoid volvulus treated by laparoscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy. Intraoperative colonic irrigation was used in two patients prior to resection and primary anastomosis. An intracorporeal technique of bowel anastomosis was used that allowed smaller skin incisions as compared with the extracorporeal technique. All five patients recovered uneventfully, and most were discharged within 1 week after the operation. There was no recurrence at the conclusion of the follow-up. Laparoscopy-assisted sigmoid colectomy may prove to be the procedure of choice in patients with sigmoid volvulus.
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