Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it and remove part of her colon.

The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine ... so Cunningham performed a follow-up surgery two days later and removed about 14 inches of her colon to shorten and tighten it.

We recorded 644 patients with obstruction of any type, which was managed non-conservatively (with surgery alone or colonoscopy ... it is only during the last years that colon stenting has become ...