Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report
The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in pregnancy is difficult, as the symptoms may mimic pregnancy-associated complaints. The surgical management is challenging, as the mortality rate of midgut volvulus in pregnancy is high. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman at 21 weeks and 5 days of ges...
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| author | Ioannis Vassiliou Aliki Tympa Michalis Derpapas Georgios Kottis Nikolaos Vlahos |
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| description | The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in pregnancy is difficult, as the symptoms may mimic pregnancy-associated complaints. The surgical management is challenging, as the mortality rate of midgut volvulus in pregnancy is high. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman at 21 weeks and 5 days of gestation with small bowel obstruction who presented to our institution with a 24 h history of colicky abdominal pain and nausea and who finally had a successful open repair. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-910e2689f5cf4bb88cdceace5292e0732025-02-03T01:12:52ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922012-01-01201210.1155/2012/485863485863Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case ReportIoannis Vassiliou0Aliki Tympa1Michalis Derpapas2Georgios Kottis3Nikolaos Vlahos4Second Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, GreeceFirst Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, GreeceSecond Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, GreeceFirst Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, GreeceFirst Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, GreeceThe diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in pregnancy is difficult, as the symptoms may mimic pregnancy-associated complaints. The surgical management is challenging, as the mortality rate of midgut volvulus in pregnancy is high. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman at 21 weeks and 5 days of gestation with small bowel obstruction who presented to our institution with a 24 h history of colicky abdominal pain and nausea and who finally had a successful open repair.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/485863 |
| spellingShingle | Ioannis Vassiliou Aliki Tympa Michalis Derpapas Georgios Kottis Nikolaos Vlahos Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_full | Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_short | Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_sort | small bowel ischemia due to jejunum volvulus in pregnancy a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/485863 |
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