Intestinal Volvulus (Volvulus)

09/01/2010 - "The upper gastrointestinal barium studies demonstrated the classic radiological features of organo-axial volvulus. "
08/01/2009 - "Contrast study of the stomach after oral barium administration showed the mesenteroaxial volvulus of the stomach. "
06/01/2009 - "A barium upper GI study confirmed the diagnosis of organoaxial volvulus of the stomach, and the child underwent a successful laparoscopic gastropexy. "
05/01/1998 - "Asplenia and polysplenia are frequently associated with intestinal malrotation, and a barium study is recommended in all of these children, as many will be at risk of midgut volvulus."
07/01/1992 - "Persistence of increased gastric aspirate led to the diagnosis of organoaxial volvulus of the stomach on barium studies. "

06/01/2007 - "volvulus can be eliminated, within a period of about 6 years, through semiannual treatment with ivermectin. "
04/01/1997 - "volvulus were eliminated permanently by repeated ivermectin therapy. "
01/01/1986 - "volvulus microfilaria densities remained near pre-study values in the placebo patients, but decreased rapidly with both active drugs to mean values about 2% of pretreatment (Day 8) and then increased slowly, reaching in 12 months about 4% of pre-treatment (ivermectin) and 18% (DEC). "
01/01/2015 - "volvulus relative to untreated control specimens, suggesting a suppressive effect of ivermectin on the overall biochemical activity of these parasites. "
01/01/2015 - "volvulus treated with ivermectin when compared with parasites from untreated patients. "

08/01/2012 - "To assess the efficacy of IV lidocaine in decreasing complication rate and improving the outcome in dogs with gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV). "
05/01/2007 - "Evaluation of lidocaine treatment and risk factors for death associated with gastric dilatation and volvulus in dogs: 112 cases (1997-2005)."
05/01/2007 - "To determine clinical features, outcome, risk factors for death, and efficacy of IV administration of lidocaine as a prophylactic treatment for ischemic reperfusion injury in gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV) in dogs. "
08/01/2012 - "Evaluation of lidocaine treatment on frequency of cardiac arrhythmias, acute kidney injury, and hospitalization time in dogs with gastric dilatation volvulus."
06/01/1984 - "Lidocaine, procainamide, quinidine, or a combination of these drugs was used to treat a variety of cardiac arrhythmias in 70 dogs with gastric distention-volvulus. "

05/01/2015 - "volvulus-derived recombinant antigens. "
01/01/2013 - "volvulus, which interfere with the function of antigen-specific T cells in vitro. "
01/01/2013 - "volvulus protein, microfilariae surface-associated antigen (Ov103), did not modulate T cell activation, thus serving as internal control for non-ESP-mediated artifacts. "
01/01/2012 - "volvulus antigen in 3118 school age children was 0% (95% CI 0-0.1%). "
01/01/2009 - "volvulus antigen (Ov-16) in 6,432 school children (aged 6 to 12 years old) was 0% (one-sided 95% IC 0-0.05%). "

01/01/2013 - "Early elective operation for cases of sigmoid volvulus is encouraged in patients without prohibitive co-morbidities as this study shows a high recurrence rate in conservatively managed patients and a low morbidity and mortality in surgically managed patients."
01/01/2015 - "Nras/let-60 staining was frequently observed to be co-localized with WSP in O.volvulus, Brugia malayi, Litomosoides sigmodontis and Dirofilaria immitis. "
11/01/2013 - "Treatment of recurrent sigmoid volvulus is a major challenge in frail and elderly patients with multiple co-morbidities. "
01/01/2013 - "Sigmoid volvulus typically occurs in older patients who have multiple co-morbidities. "
10/01/2008 - "A retrospective study of patients record with a final diagnosis of large bowel volvulus treated at King Saud Medical Complex, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between January 2000 and December 2007 were performed for patient demography, clinical presentations, co-morbidity, diagnostic methods, anatomical types, management, and outcome. "

06/01/2014 - "volvulus antibodies. "
05/01/2014 - "volvulus was made in 2001, 2006, 2007 and 2008 using standard ELISA assays for detecting anti-Ov16 antibodies. "
01/01/2012 - "volvulus in Simulium ochraceum among 8252 flies collected between November 2007 and April 2008 was 0% (95% CI 0-0.02%), and the prevalence of antibodies to a recombinant O. "
10/01/2009 - "volvulus stages by immunohistochemistry using rabbit antibodies raised against the recombinant OvPmy protein as well as the induction of the human humoral immune response to OvPmy. "
01/01/1999 - "volvulus antibodies) were both significantly higher in Unturán than in Altamira for children and young adults (aged < 25 years), although above this age no differences between communities were detected. "

10/01/2003 - "volvulus transmission and free of other filarial or schistosomal infestations were studied clinically, by counting palpable Onchocerca nodules and skin microfilariae, by measuring peripheral blood cell (PBC) counts and total serum IgE, and by determining PBC in vitro proliferation and cytokine secretion in response to O. "
09/01/1985 - "volvulus extract), between RAST and total IgE, and between IFAT and ELISA. "
03/01/1985 - "volvulus provoked a 200-500% rise in total serum IgE levels. "
12/01/1982 - "volvulus specific IgE level was significantly higher in patients exhibiting 'gale filarienne' than in microfilaremic patients or in endemic controls. "
12/01/1982 - "volvulus specific IgE compared to patients infected either with other human filarids (Loa loa, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi) or with other helminths (Schistosoma mansoni, Ascaris lumbricoides, Fasciola hepatica). "

01/15/1990 - "volvulus paramyosin. "
05/01/2000 - "volvulus antigens, Ov-TMY-1 (tropomyosin) and OvB20 (a nematode specific gene product). "
12/01/1988 - "volvulus protein that induces an immunodominant response in rabbits revealed that this antigen has sequence similarities with Caenorhabditis elegans myosin and with schistosome paramyosin (which confers partial protection against schistosome infection). "
04/01/2010 - "volvulus were expressed in the cells of the neoplasms: glutathione S-transferase 1, lysosomal aspartic protease, cAMP-dependent protein kinase, alpha-enolase, aspartate aminotransferase, ankyrin E1, tropomyosin, heat shock protein 60, transforming growth factor-beta, and prostaglandin E(2). "

05/01/2015 - "volvulus-derived recombinant proteins. "
05/01/2015 - "volvulus-derived recombinant proteins (OvALT-2, OvNLT-1, Ov103 and Ov7). "
05/01/1998 - "volvulus-specific recombinant proteins, Oncho-C27 and OvD3B, encoded by genes within the immunodominant Onchocerca OV 33-3 gene family, and expressed in yeast and in E. "
01/01/2009 - "volvulus recombinant proteins that had previously been shown to confer protection against filarial larvae in rodent models and, in some cases, were recognised by serum antibodies from putatively immune humans. "

05/01/1987 - "We report the efficacy of a long-acting somatostatin analogue, associated with conventional therapy, in controlling profuse ileostomy losses in a child with short bowel syndrome following a volvulus. "
01/01/1992 - "Because the volvulus was not originally diagnosed, the patient was treated with the long-acting somatostatin analogue octreotide for 1 yr, with marked clinical improvement. "

07/01/2011 - "Preoperative diagnosis based on upper gastrointestinal contrast study with or without contrast enema or ultrasound was malrotation without volvulus in 47%, malrotation with volvulus in 10%, and nonrotation in 6%; the other 37% had equivocal or inconclusive imaging studies. "
12/28/2014 - "Among the total 61 patients, 4 underwent emergency surgery, 55 underwent endoscopy, 1 experienced resolution of the volvulus after contrast enema, and 1 died without treatment because of large bowel perforation. "
11/01/2013 - "A contrast enema did not reduce the volvulus, but it was colonoscopically reduced. "
10/01/2011 - "Contrast enema and 3-dimensional computed tomography revealed a "bird's beak" sign at the splenic flexure, consistent with the diagnosis of splenic flexure volvulus. "
10/01/2006 - "The splenic flexure volvulus was managed by pressure reduction from the cecal antegrade continence enema, after which elective resection of the splenic flexure and primary anastomosis were performed because she had similar attacks during 4 months after the first detorsion. "

06/01/2006 - "Endoscopic decompression of the sigmoid volvulus was safe and effective as an initial treatment but has a high early recurrence rate. "
01/01/2007 - "After decompression with rectal and nasogastric tubes, colonic volvulus was relieved. "
01/01/1991 - "This study shows that percutaneous deflation of acute sigmoid volvulus is a rapid and safe method which enables successful sigmoidoscopic decompression with avoidance of emergency surgery and its high mortality rates. "
05/01/2014 - "We report the case of 33-year-old lady who presented with a sigmoid volvulus that was successfully managed with urgent endoscopic decompression."
01/01/2014 - "Early colonoscopic detorsion and decompression allows direct visualisation of the vascular compromise, assessment of band width of the volvulus and can reduce complications and mortality. "

11/01/2012 - "To evaluate the efficacy of Hartmann's procedure and RPA with modified blow-hole colostomy for gangrenous sigmoid volvulus. "
09/28/2008 - "To evaluate the efficacy of resection and primary anastomosis (RPA) and RPA with modified blow-hole colostomy for sigmoid volvulus. "
11/01/2013 - "The aim of this study was to assess the role of percutaneous endoscopic colostomy (PEC) in the treatment of recurrent sigmoid volvulus in these patients. "
11/01/2013 - "Percutaneous endoscopic colostomy (PEC): an effective alternative in high risk patients with recurrent sigmoid volvulus."
11/01/2012 - "Sigmoidectomy should be the basic principle in the management of sigmoid volvulus.RPA with modified blow - hole colostomy provides satisfactory results. "

05/28/2009 - "A review of Japanese literature disclosed that: (1) a marked increase of aged patients with mental disability presenting with cecal volvulus, (2) adoption of ileo-colectomy as the standard surgical procedure, and (3) improved survival of the patients, were observed in the last decade."
03/01/2003 - "The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of emergency colectomies for the management of colon volvulus. "
09/01/2015 - "If surgery is indicated, for many years subtotal colectomy with IRA was the treatment of choice, although segmental resections were also a good option for isolated megasigmoid, sigmoidocele or recurrent sigmoid volvulus. "
05/01/2015 - "We identified 2141 patients with colonic volvulus who were undergoing intraoperative manipulation/fixation of the colon (n = 209 (12%)), right (n = 728 (41%)), left (n = 781 (44%)), or total colectomy (n = 56 (3%)). "
05/01/2015 - "We identified all of the patients with colonic volvulus who underwent 1 of 4 surgical procedures, including manipulation/fixation of the colon, right colectomy, left colectomy, or total colectomy. "

10/01/2015 - "Conservative management of a caecal volvulus secondary to reversal of loop ileostomy following ultra-low anterior resection."
04/01/2012 - "Detorsion of total volvulus, ileostomy, or intestinal resection with primary anastomosis was performed in 2, 5, and 3 neonates, respectively. "
01/01/2011 - "De-twisting of the volvulus done and Bishop Koop ileostomy fashioned. "
03/01/2008 - "We encountered a case in which the small-bowel mesentery was severely foreshortened because of a previous small-bowel volvulus just proximal to the loop ileostomy during recovery from the initial stage of his ileal pouch procedure. "
01/01/2008 - "A transverse colon volvulus was found, and an extended right hemicolectomy and ileostomy was performed. "