In Patients with Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome, Does Surgery Improve Quality of Life?
In Patients with Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome, Does Surgery Improve Quality of Life?
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10.1007/978-3-319-33293-2_22
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2017-01-01
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Mak, Grace Zee
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Mak, Grace Zee
Symptomatic celiac artery compression is a controversial diagnosis that should be considered in patients with chronic abdominal pain of unknown etiology despite an extensive medical evaluation. Once suspected, patients should undergo screening mesenteric duplex. Diagnosis is confirmed with the findings of elevated celiac artery velocities which normalize with respiration followed by CT angiogram showing the typical "J-hook" conformation of the celiac artery. Patients should then undergo evaluation by a multi-disciplinary team to appropriately select patients for surgical treatment. Surgical options include release of the median arcuate ligament, with or without neurolysis of the celiac nerve plexus, and with or without concomitant revascularization procedures. Approaches can be open, laparoscopic, robotic, or retroperitoneal. Surgical treatment has an overall success rate with 70-80% patients reporting improved abdominal pain and quality of life. Post-operatively, patients can have persistent or recurrent abdominal pain and should undergo re-evaluation for possible need for revascularization procedure for stenosis of the celiac artery or celiac plexus block if the celiac artery is normalized. Additionally, some of these patients will have persistent pain consistent with a functional gastrointestinal disorder that will then require medical management.