A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: ileosigmoid knot.

Pan Afr Med J

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medecine and Pharmacy in Fez, Univerity Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco.

Published: September 2015

Intestinal obstruction is common surgical emergency; ileosigmoid knot is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction (a loop ileum and sigmoid colon twisted around each other in a knot). We recorded a three cases in HASSAN II hospital in the last 3 years.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.21.3902DOI Listing

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