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S Selcuk Atamanalp1, M Sait Keles2, Gurkan Ozturk1
1Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.
Objective:
Sigmoid volvulus (SV) is an uncommon type of large bowel obstruction. This study sought to determine serum sodium concentrations in patients with SV.
Materials And Methods:
The records of 89 patients with SV and 40 patients with obstructive rectosigmoid cancer (ORC) were reviewed retrospectively.
Results:
The mean serum sodium concentrations in patients with SV and in those with ORC were 138.4±4.5 mEq/L and 137.7±3.2 mEq/L, respectively (t:0.7, P>0.05). The numbers of hyponatremic and hypernatremic patients were 13 vs. 4 and 1 vs. 0, respectively, in the SV and ORC groups (x2:0.5, P>0.05).
Conclusion:
No cause-effect relationship was determined between serum sodium concentrations and SV.
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