TY  - JOUR
TI  - Percutaneous gas decompression can ease endoscopic derotation in sigmoid volvulus
AB  - Sigmoid volvulus is a disease of elderly and debilitated patients. In sigmoid volvulus patients, colonoscopic derotation is the most commonly applied approach as the first line treatment. However, colonoscopic derotation sometimes fail and then urgent surgery is required in these frail patients with high morbidity and mortality. Percutaneous colonic gas decompression has been described to sigmoid volvulus. In case of life-threating increase intraabdominal pressure and as a primary attempt before colonoscopy. However, this technique did not find wide acceptance in the literature. Here, we aimed to present a 78-year-old male with sigmoid volvulus in whom colonoscopic derotation failed and following percutaneous gas decompression, endoscopic derotation could be done successfully. Evacuation of percutaneous colon gas in the sigmoid volvulus may facilitate endoscopic derotation when the first colonoscopic attempt failed.
AU  - Kayaalp, Cuneyt
AU  - Uylas, Ufuk
AU  - Çiçek, Egemen
AU  - sumer, fatih
DO  - 10.47717/turkjsurg.2022.4760
PY  - 2023
JO  - Turkish Journal of Surgery
VL  - 39
IS  - 3
SN  - 2564-6850
SP  - 278
EP  - 280
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1206081
ER  -