학술논문
Gel-immersion endoscopic detorsion for pediatric sigmoid volvulus.
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Article
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Subject
*SIGMOID volvulus
*SIGMOID colon
*ENDOSCOPIC surgery
*WATER immersion
*INTESTINAL ischemia
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0013-726X
Abstract
Gel-immersion endoscopy is a new method for securing the visual field during endoscopy [5]. This case study successfully employed gel-immersion endoscopy, which may be useful in the endoscopic detorsion of a sigmoid volvulus. Computed tomography revealed bowel obstruction with swirling of the sigmoid colon, and sigmoid volvulus was suspected (Fig. [Extracted from the article]