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Endoscopic-Assisted Percutaneous Sigmoidopexy: New Highlights on Technique and Outcomes.

Abdel Rahman A Al ManasraTarik AlhmoudZaid MesmarAhmad Hamaydeh
Published in: Clinical and experimental gastroenterology (2024)
Endoscopic-assisted percutaneous sigmoidopexy is increasingly used as an effective alternative to surgical sigmoidopexy when surgery under general anesthesia poses a high risk. Despite clinical improvement and resolution of the recurrent volvulus, after sigmoidopexy patients may continue to experience motility dysfunction and diffuse dilation of the colon for a few weeks, which may correlate with the episodes of obstruction experienced prior to fixation.
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