J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 87(8): 912-915, 1986

Original article

ISCHEMIC COLITIS AFTER SURGERY OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

The Second Department of Surgery, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan

Toshio Onitsuka, Yukihiro Noda, Takami Maeda, Kiyoshi Ishii, Koichiro Shibata, Yasunori Koga

Ischemic colitis following aortic reconstruction for abdominal aortic aneurysm was discussed. The low morbidity rate of postoperative abdominal symptom was recognized significantly when meandering mesenteric artery (MMA) was shown clearly in angiography before surgery. When inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) was patent before surgery, furthermore when IMA was not reconstructued, it is necessary for preventing postoperative ischemic colitis that mean IMA/systemic pressure ratio is above 0.5 or 0.6.

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