Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: A Community Hospital Case Series

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is an obstruction of the small bowel between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. Patients with this disease are initially managed medically and those patients who fail medical treatment require surgery. A retrospective case series of thirteen patients di...

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Published in:Case reports in vascular medicine 2021-11, Vol.2021, p.1-4
Main Authors: Welch, Brian, Schaal, Alex, O’Shea, Thomas F., Cantu, Roberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Asymptomatic
Case reports
Case Series
Coronary vessels
Gastrointestinal surgery
Hospitals
Pain
Patients
Small intestine
Surgeons
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Summary:Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is an obstruction of the small bowel between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. Patients with this disease are initially managed medically and those patients who fail medical treatment require surgery. A retrospective case series of thirteen patients diagnosed with SMAS at Flushing Hospital, Flushing, NY, from 2011 to 2020 was performed. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the characteristics of the entire cohort, and comparative statistics were used to compare the patients who failed medical treatment and required surgery to those who were successfully managed medically. Nine patients were managed conservatively and four patients required operative intervention. BMI was significantly lower in patients requiring operation compared to those who were successfully managed medically. This retrospective community hospital case series adds to the literature on SMAS and provides evidence of BMI as a potential predictor of requiring surgery in SMAS.
ISSN:2090-6986
2090-6994
DOI:10.1155/2021/4033088