Elmasri S H, Khalil T
Trop Geogr Med. 1976 Dec;28(4):297-302.
Twenty-six cases of acute volvulus of the sigmoid in Khartoum Hospital are analysed. The condition accounts for 17.8 percent of all cases of acute intestinal obstruction. The majority of patients were from the Southern tribes whose diet contains a large amount of fibre. Of the different methods of surgical management simple operative detorsion and deflation gave the best results. The overall mortality rate was 23.1 percent.
对喀土穆医院收治的26例乙状结肠急性扭转病例进行了分析。该病症占所有急性肠梗阻病例的17.8%。大多数患者来自南部部落，其饮食中含有大量纤维。在不同的手术治疗方法中，单纯手术扭转和排气效果最佳。总体死亡率为23.1%。
