Volvulus

...dogs and cattle, gastric dilatation-volvulus, or bloat also occurs when gas is trapped inside the stomach and a gastric torsion or volvulus prevents it from escaping. Bloating from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is of unknown origin but...

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...idea that feeding her once daily, as I had been doing, might contribute to her death. A: Bloat, also known as gastric dilatation volvulus or GDV, is a dog-specific disease that happens when the stomach fills with air and twists. It's not...

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...the control of onchocerciasis, and currently reaches more than 60 million people in Africa annually. However, ivermectin kills the O. volvulus larvae but not the adult worms, so annual treatments for an extended period of time (at least 11-14...

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...by ivermectin, which has contributed to significantly controlling the disease in endemic countries. But ivermectin kills the O. volvulus larvae and not the adult worms, which means that annual treatments for an extended period of...

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Midgut volvulus occurs in patients (usually in infants) that are predisposed because of congenital intestinal malrotation. Segmental volvulus occurs in patients of any age, usually with a predisposition because of abnormal intestinal...

In this article: Intestinal malrotation, Bowel obstruction, Abdominal distension, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and Vomiting

Article Date: 13 Jun 2009 - 0:00 PDT Cecal volvulus is axial twisting that occurs involving the cecum, terminal ileum, and ascending colon. Rarely, it may take the form of upward and anterior folding of the ascending colon ("cecal...

In this article: World Journal, Enema, Surgery, Laparotomy, Colectomy, Anastomosis, Dementia, and C-reactive protein

...associated with a particular gene, but there is some evidence of recurrence in families. Patients (often infants) present acutely with midgut volvulus, manifested by bilious vomiting, crampy abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and the...

In this article: Intestinal malrotation, Vomiting, Enema, Surgery, and Laparotomy

Article Date: 25 Sep 2008 - 4:00 PDT Sigmoid volvulus has been described since ancient times, but its treatment is still evolving. Several surgical approaches have been used including, resection, non-operative reduction using a...

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...of the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses the optimal surgical procedure to treat the age-old illness sigmoid volvulus. Sigmoid volvulus is a bowel obstruction in which a loop of bowel has twisted on itself in an abnormal fashion.

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Gastric volvulus or volvulus of stomach a twisting of all or part of the stomach by more than 180 degrees with obstruction of the flow of material through the stomach, variable loss of blood supply and possible tissue death. The twisting...

In this article: Hiatus hernia, Retching, and Vomiting