Research Article: Perioperative Adverse Outcome and Its Predictors After Emergency Laparotomy Among Sigmoid Volvulus Patients: Retrospective Follow-Up Study
Abstract:
Acute sigmoid volvulus is a surgical emergency with closed-loop obstruction of the colon that often requires an emergency laparotomy, known to man since the time of immemorial. It is an abnormal twist of the sigmoid colon on its mesenteric axis more than degrees. It initially results in obstruction of the intestinal lumen and, if not managed urgently, obstruction of the mesenteric vessels will end up causing bowel ischemia, which will require emergent laparotomy, which is not a benign procedure, it is associated with a multitude of post-operative complications, a fourfold risk of mortality when compared with elective procedures, and even the difference becomes dramatic when compared with viable bowel (% versus .% mortality).
Introduction:
Acute sigmoid volvulus is a surgical emergency with closed-loop obstruction of the colon that often requires an emergency laparotomy, known to man since the time of immemorial. It is an abnormal twist of the sigmoid colon on its mesenteric axis more than degrees. It initially results in obstruction of the intestinal lumen and, if not managed urgently, obstruction of the mesenteric vessels will end up causing bowel ischemia, which will require emergent laparotomy, which is not a benign procedure, it is associated…
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