Stenting of the superior mesenteric artery as a preoperative treatment for total pancreatectomy

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2004 Sep-Oct;27(5):533-5. doi: 10.1007/s00270-004-0036-2.

Abstract

The patient was 58-year-old male with mucinous cyst adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Prior to total pancreatectomy, preoperative CT and angiography showed a high-grade arteriosclerotic stenosis of about 1.0 cm in length in the ostium of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), as well as the development of collateral vessels in the area around the head of the pancreas. A stent was placed in the SMA stenosis to preserve intestinal blood flow in the SMA region after total pancreatectomy, which was performed 25 days after stent placement. The postoperative SMA blood flow was favorable, with no postoperative intestinal ischemia, and the patient had an uneventful postoperative course.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Collateral Circulation
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / physiopathology
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / physiopathology
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / surgery*
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / physiopathology
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatectomy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Preoperative Care*
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed