Ileosigmoid Knotting: Analysis of Patients Clinical Profiles and Determinants of Outcomes.

Kirubel AbebeKalid SherefaHenok TeshomeEngida Abebe

Published in: Surgery research and practice (2020)

ISK lacks specific clinical features and imposes a significant rate of bowel strangulation, which deserves high index of suspicion and urgent laparotomy. The choice of surgical procedure should be determined by intraoperative bowel status and patients' general condition.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
minimally invasive
type diabetes
patients undergoing
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
decision making
insulin resistance
patient reported
weight loss
glycemic control