Fig. 2
From: Acute abdominal pain due to sigmoid volvulus with persistent descending mesocolon: a case report
Operative findings revealed dilated sigmoid colon (arrows) and strangulation of the sigmoid colon (arrowheads) (a). There was twist of sigmoid colon and mesentery (arrows) (b). After release of the volvulus (arrows) (c), the descending colon ran more to the medial side with adhesion to the intestinal mesentery (arrows) (d), and the sigmoid colon had shortened mesentery (arrows) and adhesion to the small colon mesentery (arrowheads) (e). There was no Toldt’s fusion fascia in the medial approach (arrows) (f)