Abstract
The patient, a seventy-six year old woman, was admitted to our hospital on March 16, 1995. She had undergone laparotomy for the retroflexio of the uterus fifty years ago. She experienced severe abdominal pain followed by abdominal distension at 15 o'clock on the day of admission. A scout film of the abdomer showed distended loops of small bowel. Laparotomy was performed from 20 o'clock on the same day, which revealed small bowel volvulus of about 60cm length starting from a point 70c proxmial to the ileumend. Twist of the bowel and its mesentery was 180-degree to ward he clockwise direction. The twisted portion of the intestine was not resected, and only the twist was released.
