DEAR DR. ROACH: This past weekend, during my son's wedding festivities, I experienced a sigmoid volvulus. Doctors recommended surgery, but I opted for a colonoscopy, which was performed ...

Sigmoid volvulus accounts for 2% to 5% of all large bowel obstructions in the United States and continues to carry a relatively high morbidity and mortality. The safety of 1-stage resectional ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Doctors of Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital gave a new lease of life to a 70-year-old man suffering from sigmoid volvulus (inward twisting of large intestine). The patient ...