Observational studyArquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery2020
Treatment of median arcuate ligament syndrome: outcome of laparoscopic approach.
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- Laparoscopic Approach to Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: A Single-Center Experience.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- Robotic Median Arcuate Ligament Release May Offer Superior Symptom Improvement to Laparoscopic Release.Annals of vascular surgery · 2026Article
- Robotic surgery for median arcuate ligament syndrome: technical aspects and imaging correlation.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2026Article
- Laparoscopic median arcuate ligament release with an antegrade approach in adolescents and young adults: a single center experience.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Laparoscopic median arcuate ligament release using an anterior approach for median arcuate ligament syndrome.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2024Article
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- A Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Could Be Re-termed as a Nutcracker Celiac Ganglion Abdominal Pain Syndrome.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023Article
- A diagnostic workup and laparoscopic approach for median arcuate ligament syndrome.ANZ journal of surgery · 2022Article
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- Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome is Effectively Relieved with Minimally Invasive Surgery.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
- Another Sherlock Holmes Mystery: Abdominal Pain Explained by Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reportsArticle
- Median arcuate ligament (Dunbar) syndrome: Laparoscopic management and clinical outcomes of a single centre.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMedian arcuate ligament syndrome(MALS) is a rare condition thatmay cause significant clinical manifestations, including abdominal pain and weight loss. Its diagnosis may be difficult and very often delayed. The laparoscopic approach became the standard treatment of MALS.
aimTo assess the outcome of laparoscopic treatment in patients with MALS.
methodThe data of sixpatients with MALS who were subjected to laparoscopic sectioning of the median arcuate ligament were retrospectively reviewed.The following data were evaluated: age, gender, clinical and diagnostic tests findings, ASA score, operative findings and complications, postoperative complications and mortality, hospital stay duration, and hospital readmission.The diagnosis of MALS was established by CT angiography and/or MR angiography.
resultsThere were four (66.7%) women and two (33.3%) men aged from 32 to 60 years. The main symptoms were epigastric pain (100%) and weight loss (66.7%). The findings of high-grade stenosis of the proximal celiac axis and poststenotic dilation confirmed on angiography confirmed the diagnosis in all patients. Surgical procedure was uneventful in all patients. The only postoperative complication was urinary retention that occurred in a male. At three-month follow-up, all patients were asymptomatic.
conclusionLaparoscopic treatment of MALS is safe and effective in relieving the clinical manifestations of patients.
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