Acute gastric volvulus: Late-onset ischemic consequences and their management

• Main Authors: Kshama Vasudev Kulkarni (Author), Sudipta Sen (Author), Sampath Karl (Author), V R Ravikumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report three infants who presented with acute gastric volvulus and recovered initially after de-torsion, but later presented with sequelae due to ischemia of gastroesophageal junction, stomach and gastroduodenal junction. The first two infants could not be fed orally or by gastrostomy tube becaus...