title: Surgical treatment of digestive arteries aneurysms.
abstract: Eight patients of a mean age of 56.4 years, have been operated on for 9 digestive arteries aneurysms in a 7-years-period. Sites of aneurysmal disease included 3 splenic, 3 superior mesenteric, 2 hepatic, and 1 left gastric arteries. Five patients (62.5%) were asymptomatic, while 3 (37.5%) presented with symptoms. Three patients (37.5%) presented associated aortic lesions consisting in 2 infrarenal aneurysms and 1 aorto-iliac stenosis. Of the 9 arteries treated, 5 were revascularized. Restaurative operations included 1 reconstructive endoaneurysmorraphy, 3 retrograde by-pass grafts (2 Dacron and 1 PTFE), and 1 antegrade by-pass graft (Dacron) from the coeliac aorta. There were no post-operative deaths. Mean length of follow-up was 47.8 months. No patient presented with late intestinal or operation related problems.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Surgery, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Illuminati
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Caliò
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertagni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mangialardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciulli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vietri
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martinelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures