Acute gastric volvulus occurs when the stomach or a part of it rotates more than 180° which leads to obstruction (closed loop syndrome), that finally concludes to incarceration and ischemia of the organ. It can be observed as a result of diaphragmatic hernia, a gap of the diaphragm, pancreatic or gastric cancers, traumatic injuries and fixation anomalies. Pari first described acute gastric volvulus in 1579, in a patient with diaphragmatic injury after trauma. The first reports of successful surgical repair and necrotomic findings were published in 1866 and 1897.
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Metaxas, E. K., Condilis, N., Kyriazis, H., Chrisostomidis, G., Tsakri, D., & Kotsifas, T. (2007). The management of acute gastric volvulus. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, 78(6), 511–513. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96122-4_22
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