Volvulus - Childhood
Alternate Names : Childhood Volvulus
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Childhood Volvulus Treatment
Emergency surgery to repair the volvulus is necessary. An incision is made in the abdomen, the bowels are inspected, and the volvulus is reduced. This means that the bowels are untwisted and their blood supply restored.
If a small segment of bowel is necrotic (dead from lack of blood flow), it is removed and the ends of the bowels sewn back together, or used to form a colostomy or ileostomy (tube to the outside through which bowel contents can be removed; the term depends on where the tube is formed). If the entire bowel is necrotic, this can be fatal and the outlook is poor.
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