Table 1: Comprehensive Literature Review of Transverse Colonic Volvulus Cases from 1944 to 2018.

Author

Year

 

Pts

 

Age*

 

Gender

 

Procedure

Colectomy vs. Colopexy

Post-Op Complications

Hosp

Stay (Days)

Schammel

2018

1

21

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

C. Difficile Infection

9

Milickovic [4]

2017

1

16

M

Ex. Lap with Colectomy and Colostomy

Colectomy

Cardiorespiratory Failure

240

Sala-Hernandez [6]

2016

1

81

M

Subtotal Gastrectomy, subtotal colectomy, Y en Roux gastrojejunostomy, ileosigmoid anastamosis

Colectomy

Anemia

13

Waluza [7]

2015

3

11

7

17

F

M
M

Laparotomy with colectomy

Colectomy

Colectomy

Colectomy

Ileus

Constipation;

Fever;

Pain

Small Bowel Obstruction

18

28

35

Walczak [3]

2013

1

76

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

Cardiorespiratory Failure; Death

7

Sharma [1]

2013

1

29

F

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

None

 

Smith [8]

2013

1

7

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

None

 

Sana [2]

2013

1

39

F

Laparotomy with hemicolectomy

Colectomy

None

5

Lianos [9]

2012

1

82

F

Laparotomy with Total Colectomy

Colectomy

None

8

Kaushik [10]

2012

1

38

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy and Colostomy

Colectomy

None

 

Sage [11]

2012

1

25

F

Laparotomy with Needle Decompression and Colopexy

Colopexy

None

6

Chen [12]

2012

1

12

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

 

Nofuentes [13]

2011

1

28

F

Laparotomy with hemicolectomy and anastamosis

Colectomy

None

9

Deshmukh [14]

2010

1

27

M

Laparotomy with Colostomy

Colectomy

None

 

Rahbour [15]

2010

1

15

M

Laparotomy with colectomy and loop defunctioning ileostomy

 

Colectomy

Small Bowel Obstruction

 

Booij [16]

2009

1

43

M

Laparotomy with subtotal colectomy and ileorectal anastamosis

 

Colectomy

Fever; Infection

9

Katsanos [17]

2009

1

83

F

Laparotomy with hemicolectomy and transversectomy

Colectomy

 

 

Ramirez-Wiella-Schwuchow† [18]

2009

1

46

F

Laparotomy with hemicolectomy and ileocoloanastamosis

Colectomy

None

4

Sparks [19]

2008

1

75

M

Laparotomy with hemicolectomy and Ileostomy

Colectomy

None

6

Hinkle [20]

2008

1

22

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

None

 

Matsushima [21]

2006

1

22

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

 

Casamayor [22]

2005

1

34

F

Laparotomy with colectomy and anastamosis

Colectomy

Dehiscence; Inflammation

 

Tobinaga [23]

2004

1

70

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

Megacolon

17

El-Tawil [24]

2002

1

61

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

None

 

Asabe [25]

2002

1

12

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

None

 

Echenique† [26]

2002

2

59

 

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

Colectomy

None

 

Al-Homaidhi [27]

2001

1

15

M

Laparotomy with hemicolectomy with anastamosis

Colectomy

None

 

Rangiah [28]

2001

2

32

34

M

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy and Colostomy

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

Colectomy

Ileus

None

 

Samuel [29]

2000

1

5

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy and Colocolic Anastamosis

Colectomy

None

 

Haque [32]

1999

1

37

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

None

 

Ciraldo [31]

1999

1

75

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

 

Houshian [33]

1998

1

9

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy and Anastamosis

Colectomy

None

 

Plorde† [34]

1996

1

64

M

Laparotomy with Decompression and Hemicolectomy

Colectomy

 

 

Loke [35]

1995

1

34

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

None

 

Mercado-Deane [36]

1995

1

7

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

None

 

Yaseen [37]

1994

1

50

M

Laparotomy with subtotal

colectomy

Colectomy

Bowel Perforation;

Death

23

Mellor† [38]

1994

2

2

15

 

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

Colopexy

 

 

De Paula† [39]

1991

1

26

M

Laparotomy with

Transversectomy

Colectomy

Small Bowel Obstruction

 

Neilson [40]

1990

1

11

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

None

 

Javors [41]

1986

1

56

F

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

Inflammation

 

Gumbs [42]

1983

3

20

66

75

F

F

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colectomy

Colopexy

Colopexy

Infection; Anemia

None

None

 

Fishman [43]

1983

4

40

83

19

73

M

F

F

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

Colectomy

Colopexy

Colectomy

 

 

Anderson [44]

1981

7

12

43

63

20

65

89

35

F

F

M

F

F

F

M

Transverse colectomy and

primary anastomosis

Exteriorization resection of transverse colon

Detorsion, fixation of flexures and caecopexy

Detorsion and fixation of flexures

Resection of adhesion and detorsion

Resection of adhesion and detorsion

Extended right hemicolectomy

Colectomy

Colectomy

Colopexy

Colopexy

Colopexy

Colopexy

Colectomy

 

 

Zinkin [45]

1979

1

46

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

 

Eisenstat [46]

1977

5

28

34

79

71

15

M

F

F

M

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

Colectomy

Colopexy

Colectomy

Colectomy

Small Bowel Obstruction

None

None

Cardiorespiratory Complications; Death

Cardiorespiratory Complications; Death

15

4

Dadoo [47]

1977

1

12

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

14

Budd [48]

1977

1

52

F

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

Constipation

 

Miller [49]

1977

1

23

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

 

Newton [50]

1977

2

25

26

F

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colectomy

Colopexy

 

 

Howell [51]

1976

1

4

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

 

Smith [52]

1976

1

81

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

Infection; Death

 

Lapin [53]

1973

1

36

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

18

Gibson [54]

1972

1

71

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

Cardiorespiratory Complications; Death

 

Singh [55]

1970

1

40

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

 

Ponka [56]

1969

1

54

F

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

10

Fischer [57]

1964

1

77

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

18

Perdue [58]

1963

1

21

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

Infection

29

Weir [59]

1959

1

18

F

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

10

Boley [60]

1958

2

82

68

F

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

Colopexy

Infection

Dehiscence

21

27

McGowan [61]

1957

1

29

F

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

8

Zaslow [62]

1954

1

69

M

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

 

Figiel [63]

1953

1

56

F

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

 

Murray [64]

1950

1

22

F

Laparotomy with Colopexy

Colopexy

 

26

Martin [65]

1944

1

22

M

Laparotomy with Colectomy

Colectomy

 

 

*Age at diagnosis; †indicates that the article was not available in English and thus the information was retrieved from review articles or is missing; greyed boxes indicate variables that case studies or reviews did not address