Importance Median arcuate ligament (MAL) syndrome is a rare disease resulting from
compression of the celiac axis by fibrous attachments of the diaphragmatic crura, the median …

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is generally thought to be a rare disease, but in fact, it is
more common cause of acute abdomen than appendicitis or ruptured abdominal aortic …

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia is a severe and incapacitating disease, causing complaints of
post-prandial pain, fear of eating and weight loss. Even though chronic mesenteric …

Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are
significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of the DTA is a physiologically …

BACKGROUND: Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a syndrome associated with
chronic abdominal pain and radiographic evidence of celiac artery compression. We …

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) was introduced in 1977 with the administration of
chemotherapeutic agent to gelatin sponge particles through the hepatic artery in patients …

The rapid evolution and increasing complexity of liver-directed therapies has forced the
medical community to further advance its understanding of hepatic arterial anatomy. The …

Objective: To assess prevalence, prevention, and management strategy of visceral ischemic
complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Background: Ischemic complications …

Although celiac axis stenosis is a frequently encountered occlusive vascular disease,
clinically significant ischemic bowel disease caused by celiac axis stenosis is rarely reported …

Anatomic variations are often responsible for a variety of clinical conditions. In this review we
investigate compression of the celiac artery and the superior mesenteric artery by the …