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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021

Using new technicque in sigmoid volvulus surgery in patients affected by COVID19.

Mojtaba Ahmadinejad, Izadmehr Ahmadinejad, Ali Soltanian, Kimiya Ghanbari Mardasi, Noshin Taherzade

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mojtaba AhmadinejadDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Shahid Madani Hostpital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Izadmehr AhmadinejadStudent Research Committee, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali SoltanianDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Shahid Madani Hostpital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Kimiya Ghanbari MardasiStudent Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Noshin TaherzadeStudent Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Alborz University of Medical SciencesTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCoronavirus pandemic-initiated Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China. It mainly involves respiratory system and cause fever, cough. However, it has other manifestations such as GI system, CNS and skin involvement. It is transmitted mostly through respiratory system, but some researchers claim that in can potentially spread by oral, fecal or intestinal gas. During colorectal surgeries such as volvulus sigmoid, surgeons are at risk of exposure to intestinal gas. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57-year-old mentally retarded man came to our emergency department with complain of abdominal pain, constipation, obstipation, nausea, vomiting and abdominal distention. His vital sign was stable and his laboratory data revealed no abnormality. His abdominal x-ray showed intestinal obstruction with suspicious of sigmoid volvulus. His PCR for COVID 19 was positive and his chest CT scan has manifestations of lung involvement. He was proceeded for surgery.

conclusionOwing to odds of spread of coronavirus through intestinal gas, in this case, sigmoid colon was removed without evacuation of intestinal gas.

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COVID 19Hartmann procedureSigmoid volvulus

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