Perfíl clínico-epidemiológico del vólvulo de sigma, Hospital IESS Latacunga, periodo abril 2015 - abril 2019

Abstract

The objective of this work was to carry out an epidemiological clinical profile on Sigma volvulus in patients treated in the surgery department of IESS Hospital in Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province. This is a descriptive cross-sectional and retrospective study. Clinical records were reviewed with the ICD 10 corresponding to Sigma Volvulus, with a total of 17 cases reported over a period of 4 years from April 2015 to April 2019, the results obtained were that the epidemiological profile agrees with the literature of several authors worldwide since it is more frequent in the male sex, in elderly men over 64 years corresponding to 82% of all the case studies. In terms of height, all reported cases have been filed in locations above 2500 m.a.s.l. the Pastocalle parish standing out with a height of 3197 m.a.s.l. In addition to all reported cases, they were surgically resolved, with a percentage of 88% of cases without reporting any complications, the remaining 12% presented complications recurrence and infections of the surgical site, which demonstrates an adequate therapeutic management within it. Being a rare pathology, this work contributes as a source of data for possible comparative studies, and thus have a literature appropriate to the reality of our country.