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Volvulus is twisting of a non solid organ around its mesentric axis. Gallbladder volvulus is | Volvulus is twisting of a non solid organ around its mesentric axis. Gallbladder volvulus is twisting or rotation of the gallbladder along the axis of the [[cystic duct]] and vascular pedicle ([[cystic artery]]).<ref name="pmid17860545">{{cite journal| author=Wendel AV| title=VI. A Case of Floating Gall-Bladder and Kidney complicated by Cholelithiasis, with Perforation of the Gall-Bladder. | journal=Ann Surg | year= 1898 | volume= 27 | issue= 2 | pages= 199-202 | pmid=17860545 | doi= | pmc=PMC1426674 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17860545 }} </ref> | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
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Overview
Volvulus is twisting of a non solid organ around its mesentric axis. Gallbladder volvulus is twisting or rotation of the gallbladder along the axis of the cystic duct and vascular pedicle (cystic artery).[1]
Historical Perspective
It was first described by Wendal in 1898.