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/ˈvɒl.vjʊl.əs/ · noun
(medicine) Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself..
Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013).
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Volvulus means (medicine) Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself..
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Only one case of gallbladder volvulus within an incisional hernia has been previously described, but it was a parastomal herniation (Rosenblum et al. 2013).
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