en Gallbladder volvulus: Review of the literature and report of three cases جراحی عمومی General Surgery گزارش مورد Case Report <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 3pt 0cm 0pt text-align: justify mso-pagination: none"><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">Torsion of the gallbladder is a relatively rare surgical disease</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes=""> </span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">which mimics acute cholecystitis&#39; symptoms that usually would not be respondable to medical</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes=""> </span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">therapies. The torsion would mostly be diagnosed intra-operatively. Cholecystectomy is the treatment of</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes=""> </span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">choice</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes="">.</span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional=""> In general in our centre, General Surgery department, Imam Reza hospital</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes="">, </span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">Mashhad, Iran, since 1986 over 14000 cholecystectomies have been performed and 3 cases with an</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes=""> </span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">underlying cause of gallbladder torsion are documented. The relative literatures reviewed so</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes=""> </span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">then the presentation</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes="">,</span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional=""> paraclinical findings, and the treatment of gallbladder volvulus are</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes=""> </span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional="">discussed</span><span 8pt="" calibri="" dir="rtl" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: " traditional="" yes="">.</span><span 8pt="" style="font-family: " traditional=""> Gallbladder volvulus: Review of the literature and report of three cases.</span></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font></p> Gallbladder torsion,cholecystitis,cholecystectomy 34 38 http://jsurgery.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mostafa Mehrabi Bahar Mostafa Mehrabi Bahar 10031947532846003196 10031947532846003196 No Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Mohammad Reza Motie Mohammad Reza Motie 10031947532846003197 10031947532846003197 No Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Ahmad Amouzeshi Ahmad Amouzeshi AmouzeshiAhmad@bums.ac.ir 10031947532846003198 10031947532846003198 Yes Department of General Surgery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Hossein Razavian Hossein Razavian 10031947532846003199 10031947532846003199 No Department of General Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Alireza Rezapanah Alireza Rezapanah 10031947532846003200 10031947532846003200 No Department of General Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Elena saremi Elena saremi 10031947532846003201 10031947532846003201 No Department of General Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran