title: Non-surgical management of superior mesenteric artery thrombosis using spinal cord stimulation.
abstract: We report the use of a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) for non-surgical management of superior mesenteric artery thrombosis. A 59-year-old woman with polycythaemia rubra vera presented with extensive superior mesenteric artery thrombosis not amenable to surgical or endovascular revascularisation. A SCS was implanted for analgesia thereby allowing enteral feeding to be tolerated during the acute period. Four months later the patient developed a focal ischaemic jejunal stricture and underwent resection of a short segment of small bowel with primary anastomosis that healed without complication. Spinal cord stimulation can facilitate non-surgical management of mesenteric ischaemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK. lauratod@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tod
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lieberman
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baguneid
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008875:Middle Aged; D062187:Spinal Cord Stimulation; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy*
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