Gastric Volvulus and Wandering Spleen: A Rare Surgical Emergency

Gastric volvulus is a rare but potentially life-threatening clinical entity due to possible gastric necrosis. A wandering spleen may also be associated with gastric volvulus. Patients presenting with the triad epigastralgia, vomiting followed by retching, and difficulty or inability to pass a nasoga...

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Main Authors: Georgios Lianos, Konstantinos Vlachos, Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, Christos Katsios, Georgios Baltogiannis, Dimitrios Godevenos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/561752
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