Intestinal obstruction from midgut volvulus after laparoscopic appendectomy [Case Report]
Cuadra, S A; Khalife, M E; Char, D J; Wax, M R; Halpern, D
We present the case of a 30-year-old man who developed a small bowel obstruction from an acute midgut volvulus 8 days after undergoing a laparoscopic appendectomy. There was no evidence of congenital malrotation or midgut volvulus on the initial computed tomography (CT) scan or at laparoscopy. Subsequently, a midgut volvulus developed in the absence of congenital malrotation.
PMID: 11961643
ISSN: 1432-2218
CID: 2029862