Gastric volvulus with partial and complete gastric necrosis

Here, we report two interesting cases of gastric necrosis in acute gastric volvulus due to eventration of the diaphragm. Both the cases presented with a significant challenge and were managed successfully. The management of the cases is presented and relevant literature is discussed. To the best of...

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Published in:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons 2014-01, Vol.19 (1), p.49-51
Main Authors: Shukla, Ram, Mandal, Kartik, Maitra, Sujay, Ray, Amit, Sarkar, Ruchirendu, Mukhopadhyay, Biswanath, Bhattacharya, Malay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Antibiotics
Case Report
Complete gastrectomy
diaphragmatic eventration
English literature
Fluids
gastric necrosis
gastric volvulus
Histopathology
Intestines
Mortality
Necrosis
Obstructions
Ostomy
Patients
pediatric
Postoperative period
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Summary:Here, we report two interesting cases of gastric necrosis in acute gastric volvulus due to eventration of the diaphragm. Both the cases presented with a significant challenge and were managed successfully. The management of the cases is presented and relevant literature is discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of gastric volvulus with gastric necrosis requiring complete and partial gastrectomy in the available English literature.
ISSN:0971-9261
1998-3891
DOI:10.4103/0971-9261.125968