DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old male with a family history of colon cancer. I have a colonoscopy every five years. The results usually show some polyps, which are removed and biopsied. After my ...
Cecal volvulus is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening form of large-bowel obstruction caused by axial twisting or folding of a mobile caecum and ascending colon around its mesenteric pedicle.