Case Report
Recurrent Volvulus during Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Previously published cases of recurrent sigmoid volvulus during pregnancy.
| Author (year) | Patient demographic | Initial episode (weeks gestation) | Intervention | Recurrence (weeks gestation) | Intervention | Delivery | Outcome |
| Bajaj et al. (2015) [3] | 23 yo G3P2 | 5 | Endoscopic decompression | 36 5/7 | Rigid sigmoidoscopy, only partial decompression | SVD at 36 weeks | Sigmoidectomy at 6 weeks postpartum | Alshawi (2005) [4] | 22 yo G2P1 | 20 | Sigmoidoscopic detorsion and rectal tube | 28, 35 | Colonoscopic detorsion and rectal tube | SVD at 38 weeks | Sigmoidectomy at 2 weeks postpartum | Bandler et al. (1964) [5] | 28 yo G1P0 | 16 | Laparotomy with derotation and pinning of sigmoid | 37 1/7 | Derotation during CD | CD at 37 weeks | Subtotal colectomy at 4 weeks postpartum | Our case | 25 yo G3P2 | 32 | Sigmoidoscopic detorsion and rectal tube | 32 5/7, 37, 38 1/7 | Endoscopic decompression and rectal tube | SVD at 38 weeks | Sigmoid colectomy at 4 weeks postpartum |
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CD, cesarean delivery; SVD, spontaneous vaginal delivery.
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