title: The celiac compression syndrome: myth or reality?
abstract: Fifteen patients were operated on for compression of the celiac artery with division of the median arcuate ligament. Initially most patients were released from their preoperative abdominal pain. At follow-up after 1 1/2-9 1/2 years only two patients were asymptomatic. Our results corroborate the nonentity of the celiac compression syndrome. The existence and identification of a subgroup of patients with symptomatic compression of the celiac artery is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001027:Aortography; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003964:Diaphragm; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome