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Tratamiento mínimamente invasivo del vólvulo cecal agudo: colonoscopia seguida de cecopexia laparoscópica

Título de la revista: REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS
ISSN: 1130-0108
Volumen: 106
Número: 7
Páginas: 497 - 499
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Resumen:
A 36-year-old woman without previous medical history presented at the emergency room with recent onset of diffuse, continuous abdominal pain associated to nausea without vomiting.On examination, her abdomen was soft, very distended and tender with guarding over the left iliac fossa. Her blood tests were normal apart from a white cell count of 17,2x109/L. Abdominal radiograph findings showed suggestive images of CV, confirmed on computerized tomography (CT) (Fig. 1). We decided to perform a colonoscopy to decompress the colon before surgery. After that, her abdomen became non-distended and was taken to the operating room.Under laparoscopic approach (three 5 mm trocars), we found a soft but not dilated ascending colon that lacked retroperitoneal fixation. It was fixed in its proper place with three running sutures
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