Torsion of the greater omentum: preoperative computed tomographic diagnosis and therapeutic laparoscopy
Mustafa Kerem1, Abdulkadir Bedirli, B Bulent Mentes
1Department of General Surgery, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey. mkerem@gazi.edu.tr
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
|December 31, 2005
Abstract:
Primary or idiopathic segmental infarction of the greater omentum is a rare surgical condition. We describe a case of omental torsion in an adult patient who was diagnosed preoperatively by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and managed by laparoscopy.


