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Reply to "Please Help. Surgery imminent (24 hours). Wife has twisted small bowel"

I’m not sure a colorectal surgeon would be the best choice here, since the problem doesn’t involve a colon, a rectum, or a J-pouch. The good news is that this is a fairly straightforward surgical problem, even though there is nothing routine about it for the person going through it. If the bowel is so twisted (usually due to an adhesion) that the blood supply is cut off then that portion of bowel begins to die. That’s a life-threatening situation. The delicate balancing act is that some bowel twists really do clear on their own, but you mustn’t wait too long for that kind of luck. That decision may not be straightforward at all.

I hope all goes well. One crappy surgeon really doesn’t say much about the other surgeons at a hospital.

Last edited by Scott F
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