Open AccessOpen surgical decompression of celiac axis compression by division of the median arcuate ligament
Author(s) -
Sang Jin Kim,
Yang Jin Park,
ShinSeok Yang,
YoungWook Kim
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the korean surgical society/journal of the korean surgical society/oe gwa hag'hoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2093-0488
pISSN - 1226-0053
DOI - 10.4174/jkss.2013.85.2.93
Subject(s) - medicine , celiac artery , surgery , ligament , epigastric pain , abdominal pain , diaphragm (acoustics) , decompression , artery , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker , vomiting
Median arcuate ligament syndrome is a rare cause of abdominal pain which results from compression of the celiac artery (CA) or rarely, the superior mesenteric artery by a ligament formed by the right and left crura of the diaphragm. We report a case of open surgical decompression of the CA by division of the median arcuate ligament for a 37-year-old female patient who had suffered from chronic postprandial epigastric pain and severe weight loss. We described clinical features, characteristic angiographic findings and details of the surgical procedure for the patient with this rare vascular problem.