Dear Dr. Roach: This past weekend, during my son’s wedding festivities, I experienced a sigmoid volvulus. Doctors recommended surgery, but I opted for a colonoscopy, which was performed ...

Sigmoid volvulus is rare in the U.S., accounting for 10% of intestinal obstruction cases, researchers note. Risk factors include older age and chronic constipation.

The most common form of twisted bowel is sigmoid volvulus. It’s the twisting of the last part of your colon , called the sigmoid colon. It can also happen at the beginning of the large intestine ...

Images in Clinical Medicine; Interactive Medical Cases; Plain Language/Research Summaries; ... Bruusgaard, C. Volvulus of sigmoid colon and its treatment. Surgery 22:466–478, 1947.