Volvulus of the sigmoid colon in paediatric patients: report of two cases

dc.contributor.author	Ofiaeli, R.O.
dc.coverage.spatial	Nigeria.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-04T09:47:24Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-04T09:47:24Z
dc.date.issued	1992-04
dc.identifier.citation	Ofiaeli, R.O. (1992) Volvulus of the sigmoid colon in paediatric patients: report of two cases, Central African Journal of Medicine, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 169-171. Harare: CAJM.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0008-9176
dc.identifier.uri	https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/12059
dc.description	A clinical report of children afflicted with sigmoid volvulus in Nigeria.	en
dc.description.abstract	The common understanding of sigmoid volvulus is that it affects the elderly. This belief was modified recently by Slurzaker [ et al ] who pointed out that the diagnosis may be missed in young people in Britain. However, the youngest patient in his series of nine patients was aged 19 years. This is a report of two Nigerian children, seven and five years old with sigmoid volvulus.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ)	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	Children and Youth	en
dc.subject	Health	en
dc.title	Volvulus of the sigmoid colon in paediatric patients: report of two cases	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.rights.holder	University of Zimbabwe (UZ), Faculty of Medicine	en

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