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A METHOD FOR THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ISCHAEMIA OF THE GUT 1
Author(s) -
CATCHPOLE BERNARD
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb06494.x
Subject(s) - medicine , superior mesenteric artery , aorta , ischemia , vein , artery , lumbar , pancreas , surgery , cardiology
A method of revascularizing the coeliac axis or its branches, and the superior mesenteric artery, is described. A saphenous vein graft is brought from the lumbar aorta behind the pancreas to the recipient host artery. Two illustrative patients' histories are presented.