title: [Mesenteric vascular insufficiency caused by chronic occlusive disease: experience with the surgical management of 9 cases].
abstract: We report our experience in the surgical treatment of visceral arterial occlusive disease in 9 patients. The etiology was atherosclerosis in 7 cases and arteritis in 2. Four patients were admitted because of acute mesenteric ischemia, but only two had a previous history of intestinal angina. Four consulted because of chronic mesenteric angina and only 1 asymptomatic patient received prophylactic revascularization. The clinical picture of postprandial abdominal pain, weight loss, bowel habit disturbance, abdominal bruit or signs of occlusive disease elsewhere, should lead to clinical diagnosis. Angiographic evaluation is mandatory to plan the best surgical approach. In this series we revascularized 14 vessels in 9 patients using different technics. Two patients died (42 and 90 days) following revascularization and partial resection of the gut for extensive infarction. All survivors achieved symptom relief and or recovered or stabilized their weight.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valdés
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guzmán
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001027:Aortography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Insuficiencia vascular mesenterica por enfermedad oclusiva cronica: experiencia en el manejo quirurgico de 9 casos.