Transanal Decompression Tube Placement for Treatment of Sigmoid Volvulus.

Objectives: This study was performed to investigate the efficacy of nonoperative treatment of uncomplicated sigmoid volvulus (SV) using a transanal decompression tube (TDT).

Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study in patients with SV treated between 2008 and 2021. For uncomplicated patients, nonoperative decompression of any of four types was performed: decompression with a colonoscope (CS), TDT without CS, TDT with CS (tip in the sigmoid colon), and TDT with CS (tip in the descending colon).

Non-surgical treatment of gastric emphysema with intraabdominal free gas and hepatic portal venous gas: Lessons from a rare case.

We herein describe a case of an 83-year-old man who presented with epigastralgia, vomiting, and abdominal distention. The physical abdominal examination revealed mild tenderness. Computed tomography revealed intramural gastric gas spread throughout the stomach, intraabdominal free gas, and hepatic portal venous gas.