PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dominic Robert Parker
AU  - Janina Kaczmarczyk
AU  - Abdullah Rana
AU  - Tiong Cheng Sia
TI  - Total colonic volvulus with a 720° twist of freely mobile colon
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2022-250163
DP  - 2022 Aug 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e250163
VI  - 15
IP  - 8
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/8/e250163.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/8/e250163.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2022 Aug 01; 15
AB  - Segmental colonic volvulus involving the sigmoid or ileocaecal region is an important cause of large bowel obstruction and a well-established surgical emergency. Volvulus of the entire colon however is hazardously rare, in which case the diagnosis is likely to be made intraoperatively. The surgeon is then faced with the conundrum of the best surgical management, especially in the case of early intervention with viable bowel. To our knowledge this has never been reported.