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I recently had a 70 y/o patient, presented with sigmoid volvulus, very distended and painful, but no peritoneal signs, labs all ok, no obvious evidence of dead gut ...
1. Whats the point of decompressive colonoscopy really? If you are in house and have access to an OR even if in the middle of the night, why not just take the person to the OR? You could say that decompressing them allow you to prep them (which I dont do anyways on normal colons) and you can possibly do a primary anastomosis (which I never do in this situation with bowel dilated to 13cm, size mismatch)
2. If you do decompressive colonoscopy, do you leave a rectal tube for decompression? (my personal opinion is I have never seen a decompressing rectal tube besides the garden hose watering my lawn)
1. Whats the point of decompressive colonoscopy really? If you are in house and have access to an OR even if in the middle of the night, why not just take the person to the OR? You could say that decompressing them allow you to prep them (which I dont do anyways on normal colons) and you can possibly do a primary anastomosis (which I never do in this situation with bowel dilated to 13cm, size mismatch)
2. If you do decompressive colonoscopy, do you leave a rectal tube for decompression? (my personal opinion is I have never seen a decompressing rectal tube besides the garden hose watering my lawn)