Fig. 13.1 Treatment trends in patients with chronic mesenteric ischemia treated by open or endovascular revascularization at the Mayo Clinic In most centers, including ours, mesenteric angioplasty and stenting is…
Fig. 34.1 Multiple intrahepatic aneurysms in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa treated by coil embolization and corticosteroid therapy Superior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysms (SMAAs) Non-ruptured SMAAs are more likely to cause…
Fig. 16.1 Anatomy of the mesenteric vessels with rich collateral network (By permission of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. All rights reserved) Arterial embolism has been reported as…
Fig. 18.1 (a) CT scan and (b) diagnostic angiogram of acute SMA occlusion Fig. 18.2 (a and b) AP and lateral angiogram depicting visceral vessels Fig. 18.3 Meandering mesenteric artery…
Fig. 11.1 Schematic drawing of additional upward and lateral retraction of the abdominal wall obtained incising the sic musculoaponeurotic attachments along the site of the xiphoid process (By permission of…
Fig. 8.1 Diagnostic aortography in a patient with chronic mesenteric ischemia. Note that both the celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery origin is not opacified in anterolateral projection (a). The…
Symptom Number of patients (%) Abdominal pain 231 (78) Nausea 27 (9.1) Vomiting 21 (7.1) Ileus 11 (3.7) Bloody stool 10 (3.4) Diarrhea 8 (2.7) Emaciation 6 (2.0) Asymptomatic 47…
Fig. 29.1 Retrogastric approach At this point, approaching the MAL can be performed by three different techniques. The first technique is to follow the right crus of the diaphragm posteriorly…
Fig. 20.1 Procedures performed for AMI from 1988 to 2006. Results from the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample (From Schermerhorn et al. [8], with permission) Fig. 20.2 Mortality rates by method…
Fig. 24.1 CT showing thrombus in the superior mesenteric vein From a strictly historic standpoint, interventions to “debulk” the thrombus, relieve the venous obstruction, and decrease venous hypertension have been…
