Abstract
We report here a case of chronic postprandial abdominal pain and weight loss of more than one year duration. He was diagnosed to have abdominal angina (chronic mesenteric ischemia) on CT angiography. Open surgical revascularization procedure-right common iliac mesenteric polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) bypass graft achieved positive short and longterm outcome with follow-up of twenty two months.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 439-441 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 7 |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2011 |
Keywords
- Abdominal angina
- Chronic mesenteric ischemia
- Iliac-mesenteric bypass graft
- Intestinal angina
- Revascularization