Comment on ‘Outcomes of first-line endoscopic management for patients with sigmoid volvulus’

I have read with interest the article written by Queneherve et al. [1], who reported a comparison of the prognosis between elective surgery and conservative treatment following endoscopic detorsion in sigmoid volvulus (SV). SV is a rare disease worldwide, but it is endemic in Eastern Anatolia, where I practice [2]. We have experience with 1018 cases of SV over a 52.5-year period between June 1966 and January 2019, which represents the largest single-center SV series worldwide according to the literature in the Web of Science [3].

Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - April 25, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research