Cecal volvulus: Report of a case and review of Japanese literature

Table 1 Ages at the presentation of cecal volvulus

Age	Patients treated before 1988	Patients treated between 1999 and 2008
0 to 9	3	1
10 to 19	9	4
20 to 29	5	3
30 to 39	5	2
40 to 49	3	2
50 to 59	4	3
60 to 69	10	3
70 to 79	50	12
80 to 89	2	8
Over 80	0	2

χ²-test: P = 0.008.

Table 2 Treatment of cecal volvulus

	Patients treated before 1988	Patients treated 1999 to 2008
Endoscopic detorsion	0	4
Surgery	45	36
Detorsion	9	0
Cecopexy	14	8
Cecostomy	7	0
Ileo-Colectomy	15	28
Unknown	1	0

χ²-test: P < 0.0001.