A right colonic volvulus requiring extensive colectomy in an infant with trisomy 13

• Main Authors: Kazuto Suda (Author), Hajime Kawakami (Author), Takato Sasaki (Author), Miki Ishikawa (Author), Miki Toma (Author), Toshihiro Yanai (Author), Toshihiro Muraji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Colonic volvulus is a rare surgical emergency condition in children. Only approximately 40 children with cecal volvulus have been reported in English literature in the past 50 years. Among these, a right colonic volvulus involving the long segment from the ileal end to the transverse colon, as in ou...