The splenic flexure was above the gas ... The cecum and ascending colon had rotated twice on its mesentery and had included loops of small bowel in the volvulus. The mass lay at the splenic flexure.

A volvulus often happens at points of weakness, such as scar tissue. Your doctor wouldn't have had you come back in three or four months with a volvulus. Dear Dr. Roach : My daughter was diagnosed ...