“…Multiple risk factors for incisional hernias are well recognized, such as obesity, poor nutrition, infection at the drain site, old age, and increased intra-abdominal pressure due to various causes like a chronic cough [ 3 ]. Risk factors for the development of transverse colon volvulus include redundancy and non-fixation of the colon, previous volvulus, distal colonic obstruction, adhesions, malposition of the colon during previous surgery, mobility of the right colon, inflammatory strictures and carcinoma, chronic constipation, Clostridium difficile associated pseudomembranous colitis and impaired intestinal motility in pregnancy [ 6 , 7 ].…”