Sigmoid volvulus: identifying patients requiring emergency surgery with the dark torsion knot sign.
Subin HeoHye Jin KimBum Jin OhSoo Jin KimBohyun KimJimi HuhJei Hee LeeJai Keun KimPublished in: European radiology (2019)
• A newly defined CT imaging factor of dark torsion knot sign and a clinical factor of sepsis can be helpful for predicting complicated SV necessitating emergent surgery instead of endoscopic detorsion.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- emergency department
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- public health
- intensive care unit
- computed tomography
- acute kidney injury
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- mass spectrometry
- magnetic resonance