Gastric volvulus: a report of four cases

Adebamowo, C.A.; Wahab, T.A.; Ladipo, J.K.

West African Journal of Medicine 15(2): 126-131

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0189-160X
PMID: 8855678
Document Number: 455459
In this communication we report 4 cases of gastric volvulus seen at the Department of Surgery University College Hospital, Ibadan, over a four-year period giving a hospital incidence of one case per year. The often difficult diagnosis and mode of management is presented along with a review of world literature. One of our cases is the fifth case of combined organomesenteroaxial volvulus in a child reported in world literature.

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