Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 1
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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome: an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction

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José Barquín Yagüez, Pedro Abadía Barnó, Juan Carlos García Pérez,

Abstract
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome, also Wilkie’s syndrome, is an uncommon cause of upper intestinal obstruction. It includes compression of the third duodenal portion by the aorta and the overlying superior mesenteric artery when the angle formed by these two structures becomes smaller. It may result from significant weight loss or abdominal trauma, or may have a congenital origin. Treatment for most cases is conservative.
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Barquín Yagüez J, Abadía Barnó P, García Pérez J. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome: an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction. 4089/2015


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Received: 08/11/2015

Accepted: 03/12/2015

Published: 03/01/2017

Article editing time: 422 days


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