Necrosis of the small intestine after resection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1991 Mar-Apr;32(2):206-8.

Abstract

Small bowel infarction following abdominal aortic reconstruction is extremely rare, and the prognosis remains poor. This report describes a 65-year-old man with small bowel infarction after resection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was successfully treated with resection of the ischemic segment from the distal duodenum to the mid-small bowel and construction of a duodenoileostomy. The postoperative course was uneventful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta, Abdominal
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infarction / diagnosis
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Intestine, Small / blood supply*
  • Intestine, Small / pathology
  • Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Ischemia / etiology*
  • Male
  • Necrosis
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*