title: Endovascular treatment of arterial mesenteric ischaemia: a retrospective review.
abstract: Mesenteric ischaemia is a condition that has traditionally been managed surgically. It poses a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem, particularly in the acute setting. We review a small series of eight patients managed with endovascular techniques for either acute or chronic mesenteric ischaemia at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, from 1997 to 2002. We describe our results and relate these to the recent published literature regarding endovascular and surgical management of mesenteric ischaemia. Our experience confirms the valuable contribution of angioplasty and stenting in chronic mesenteric ischaemia, which compares favourably with surgery with regards to complication rates and mortality. We suggest the need for further studies to compare the long-term efficacy of endovascular techniques compared with surgery in the management of chronic mesenteric ischaemia. Furthermore, we demonstrate a role for endovascular management in acute mesenteric ischaemia, in the appropriate clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia. ruthplim74@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Vrazas
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Tress
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D017130:Angioplasty; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008643:Mesentery / Q000098:blood supply; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome