Review Article
Midgut Volvulus: A Rare but Fatal Cause of Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy—How Can We Diagnose and Prevent Mortality?
Table 2
Summary of midgut volvulus by trimester (1990–2019).
| Trimester | Cases (n) | Most used method of diagnosis | Maternal mortality | Fetal mortality |
| 1 (1–12 weeks) | 2 | Surgery (n = 2) | 0% | 50% (n = 1) | 2 (13–28 weeks) | 10 | MRI (n = 3) | 0% | 30% (n = 3) | 3 (29–40 weeks) | 11 | Surgery/CT (n = 5 each) | 25% (n = 3) | 36% (n = 4) |
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