Variability in presentation and management of gastric volvulus: report of 3 cases

Ricardo-Raziel Peña-González; Ramón-Guillermo Huerta-Pérez; Erick-F. Hernández; Francisco Higuera-Hidalgo; Agustin Etchegaray-Dondé

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20233719

Authors

Ricardo-Raziel Peña-González Department of General Surgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Ramón-Guillermo Huerta-Pérez Department of General Surgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Erick-F. Hernández Department of General Surgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Francisco Higuera-Hidalgo Department of General Surgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Agustin Etchegaray-Dondé Department of General Surgery, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20233719

Keywords:

Gastric volvulus, Abdominal pain, Acute abdomen

Abstract

Gastric volvulus is a pathology of acute or subacute presentation. Depending on the type, a gastric volvulus can present as an emergency if there is vascular compromise with necrosis and high risk of perforation and its surgical resolution is mandatory. Subacute gastric volvulus does not compromise the organ or organism urgently but is associated with high morbidity and should be resolved when the patient is in optimal conditions to offer definitive treatment. Depending on the torsion axis, it is classified as axial or mesenteroaxial organ, both merit reduction according to their presentation and the clinical context of the patient.

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