Volvulus risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]
Overview
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of volvulus include pregnancy, chronic constipation, age over 50, and long sigmoid colon and mesentery.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of volvulus include:[1][2][3][4]
- Age more than 50 years old
- Intestinal malrotation
- Pregnancy
- Abdominal adhesions
- Chronic constipation
Less common risk factors in the development of volvulus include:
- Treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders lead to colonic dysmotility, such as:
- Dilated colon
- Colonic dysmotility
- Long mesentery and sigmoid colon
- Laxative dependence
- Hirschsprung’s disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Chagas disease
- Paraesophageal hernia
- Hiatal hernia
- Diaphragm eventration
- Phrenic nerve paralysis
- Kyphoscoliosis
References
References
- ↑ Gingold D, Murrell Z (2012). “Management of colonic volvulus”. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 25 (4): 236–44. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1329535. PMC 3577612. PMID 24294126.
- ↑ Onder A, Kapan M, Arikanoglu Z, Palanci Y, Gumus M, Aliosmanoglu I, Aldemir M (2013). “Sigmoid colon torsion: mortality and relevant risk factors”. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 17 Suppl 1: 127–32. PMID 23436674.
- ↑ Madiba TE, Aldous C, Haffajee MR (2015). “The morphology of the foetal sigmoid colon in the African population: a possible predisposition to sigmoid volvulus”. Colorectal Dis. 17 (12): 1114–20. doi:10.1111/codi.13042. PMID 26112767.
- ↑ Michael SA, Rabi S (2015). “Morphology of Sigmoid Colon in South Indian Population: A Cadaveric Study”. J Clin Diagn Res. 9 (8): AC04–7. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2015/13850.6364. PMC 4576524. PMID 26435933.
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