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As patients present during varying stages of disease progression, the status of their disease dictates the selected treatment and does not afford randomization due to clinical equipoise. Patients presenting later in the course of disease, potentially I in extremis i , would require an emergent laparotomy, whereas those presenting earlier in the course of the volvulus may undergo immediate endoscopic detorsion and be candidates for laparoscopic procedures. Given the preoperative counselling that occurs, often with the patients' families rather than the patients themselves, our study aimed not only to describe the general outcomes on a national level but also to provide surgeons with an understanding of risk factors for untoward outcomes. [Extracted from the article]