The benefits of extrinsic ligament release for potentially hemodynamically unstable pancreaticoduodenal arcade aneurysm with median arcuate ligament syndrome: a case report

Abstract Background A pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm (PDAA) occurring in close association with median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is rare. A surgical procedure, such as median arcuate ligament (MAL) release, should be considered in such cases, but the operative criteria remain unknown. In...

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Main Authors: Takero Terayama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Shigeyoshi Soga, Hironori Tsujimoto, Yuya Yoshimura, Yasumasa Sekine, Shinji Akitomi, Hisashi Ikeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-019-0514-8