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• 8 clinical parameters (SIRS, long duration between symptoms and surgery, high
BMI, coronary heart disease, shock, pulmonary embolism, mesenteric arterial
occlusion, organ failure).
• 7 biochemical parameters (elevated serum lactate, acidosis, leukocytosis, hae-
moconcentration, hyperamylasemia, increased neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio,
increased platelet to lymphocyte ratio).
• 6 radiological parameters (bowel loop dilatation, pneumatosis intestinalis,
thrombosis of the superior mesenteric vein, free intraperitoneal uid, portal vein
thrombosis, splenic vein thrombosis).
Murphy et al. [7] presented a systematic review of current literature addressing endovascular management of acute mesenteric ischaemia. The population of inter­est was adult patients presenting with acute mesenteric ischaemia diagnosed by either radiological imaging or intra-operatively. Studies in which patients under­went intervention via endovascular means alone or studies comparing endovascular to open intervention were included. The 30-day mortality for endovascular approach from all 13 studies was 16–42%. Of the 7 comparative studies including results of open revascularisation, the 30-day mortality for patient treated with an endovascular approach was 15–39% versus 33–50% for open revascularisation. Laparotomy rates post-initial endovascular intervention ranged from 13 to 73%. Bowel resection post­endovascular therapy ranged from 14 to 40% among studies. Concerning 7 com­parative studies for open versus endovascular revascularisation, the rate of bowel resection in the endovascular group ranged 14–28% and 33–63% in the open cohort. Endovascular intervention also demonstrated lower median length(s) of bowel resected. Endovascular management may be associated with reduced mortality and need for/length of bowel resection compared with the traditional open approach, but there remains a paucity of robust data to support this. The available literature illus­trates that a subgroup of patients without haemodynamic compromise and more insidious onset may garner benet from endovascular intervention.
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8.2.2 Studies
8.2.2.1 Open Surgery
Swerdlow et al. [8] performed a retrospective cohort study of patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database undergoing open mesenteric revascularization for AMI from 2005 to 2017. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality. The study cohort included 918 patients; their median age was 70years, 62% were female. Thirty-day mortality after open revascularization for AMI was 32%, specically 35% after embolectomy, 31% after thromboendarterectomy, and 28% after mesenteric bypass (Table8.1). Mortality was higher in patients requiring concomitant bowel resection (38% vs. 29%, respec­tively, P < 0.01). The preoperative factor most strongly associated with 30-day
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Table 8.1 30-day mortality after open revascularisation for AMI. National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database from 2005–2017 (adapted from Swerdlow etal. [8])
Bowel
Parameter
All (n=918) 35% 38% 29% < .001 Bypass (n=341) 27% 39% 24% .01 – Aorto-mesenteric (vein)
(n=109) – Aorto-mesenteric (graft)
(n=147) – Ilio-mesenteric (n=85) 23% 29% 22% .53 Thromboendarterectomy
(n=98) Embolectomy (n=479) 43% 38% 33% .28
resection rate (%)
46% 41% 34% .52
31% 43% 20% .01
26% 36% 29% .50
Mortality with concomitant bowel resection (%)
Mortality without bowel resection (%) P
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mortality was disseminated cancer (odds ratio = 8.8, 95% condence inter­val= 2.4–32, P = 0.001). Other factors independently associated with mortality were renal dysfunction, preoperative intubation, preoperative blood transfusion, diabetes, elevated preoperative international normalized ratio, elevated preoperative white blood cell count, and increasing age.
Acosta-Mérida [9] reported on a total of 323 consecutive patients who under­went open surgery for AMI at a single centre between 1990 and 2015. The aim of this study was to analyze whether there have been changes in terms of patient char­acteristics and operative mortality in the same institution over a long period of time. Of the 323 patients, 178 were men (55%) and 145 were women (45%). The average age of the sample cohort was 73years (±12.7). Regarding the etiology of AMI, mesenteric arterial embolism was found to be the primary cause in 95 patients (29.4%), followed by mesenteric arterial thrombosis in 94 patients (29.1%); 44 patients (16.9%) had mesenteric venous thrombosis, and 28 patients (10.7%) had NOMI.In 62 patients (19.5%), it was not possible to exactly determine the cause. Global operative mortality was 59% (192 patients). Cumulative survival at 1, 3 and 5 years was 30.8%, 26% and 23%, respectively. Over time, an increasing linear trend was observed in Charlson score (p=0.008), antiplatelet medication (p<0.001), use of CT scan (p<0.001), arterial thrombosis (p<0.001) and intestinal resection (p = 0.047), while a decreasing linear trend was observed in digoxin intake (p<0.001), angiography use (p= 0.004), and embolism (p < 0.001). Changes in operative mortality have also been detected, showing a tendency toward a progres­sive and signicant decrease, but remained high overall.
Data from another single institution were presented by Chou etal. [10]. This study involved 303 AMI patients from the years 1993 to 2016, venous thrombosis patients were excluded. Primary outcome was 30-day mortality. Patients were strat­ied by etiology and diagnosis date (before 2004 versus 2004 and later). AMI mechanisms included: embolic (49%), thrombotic (29%), and non-occlusive
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(NOMI) (22%). 345 procedures were performed in 242 patients: 321 open and 24 hybrid/endovascular. Among the 189 embolic/thrombotic patients who were man­aged operatively, 45% (n =85) underwent mesenteric revascularization while 39 (21%) had ndings of non-survivable bowel necrosis (NSBN). Among the 104 patients who did not undergo revascularization, 64 (62%) died within 30-days com­pared to 36 out of 85 (42%) patients who were revascularized (P=0.01). Thirty- day mortality was 61% and stable over time (P=0.91); 1-year survival was 28%, and overall survival at 3 and 5years was 22% and 17%, respectively, without signicant differences between temporal cohorts. When stratied by AMI etiology, the throm­botic cohort had worse survival than embolic and NOMI patients (P=0.04). Since 2000, there was a signicant decrease in the percentage of embolic AMI events (P = 0.04). The percentage of patients who underwent operative management decreased also over time (P=0.01, 81%→61%). The study demonstrated the con­tinued poor prognosis of AMI over a 25-year period.
Andraska etal. [11] reported on 148 patients who had undergone revasculariza­tion for AMI from 2010 to 2020. 26% of patients were admitted with peritonitis, 32% were clinically septic. Surgery was performed within 16h of admission in 96% of patients. 89 patients underwent open surgical revascularization, most commonly with embolectomy (n=72), and 17 patients with open bypass. Bowel resection had to be performed in 49 of these patients (55.1%). Cumulative mortality was 44/89 (49.4%) with open surgery, 19/36 (52.8%) with endovascular management and 9/23 (39.1%) with retrograde open mesenteric stenting, for a total of n=72 (48.6%) for AMI.The conclusion was that an open approach should remain the reference stan­dard for AMI because it reduces the likelihood of bowel resection.
The objective of a study from Pittsburgh was to identify hospital-based determi­nants of delayed revascularization and their effects on postoperative morbidity and mortality in AMI [12]. All patients who underwent any surgery for AMI from a multi-center hospital system between 2010 and 2020 were divided into two groups based on timeliness of mesenteric revascularization after presentation. Early revas­cularization (ER) was dened as having both vascular consultation ≤12h of presen­tation and vascular surgery performed at the patient’s initial operation. Delayed revascularization (DR) was dened as having either delays to vascular consultation or vascular surgery. A total of 212 patients were analyzed. Ninety-nine patients received ER, whereas the remaining 113 patients experienced a DR after hospital presentation. Thirty-day mortality in patients who had DR was signicantly higher when compared with ER (39.6% vs. 25.0%; P=.02). There was a two- to three-fold increased risk of 30-day mortality and short bowel syndrome and an almost eight­fold increased risk of bowel resection in patients who had DR compared with those who had ER.Delayed vascular consultation and vascular surgery are both signi­cant hospital-based determinants of postoperative mortality and short bowel syn­drome in patients with AMI.
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8.2.2.2 Open Mesenteric Bypass andRetrograde Open
Mesenteric Stenting
Scali etal. [13] reviewed their experience with open mesenteric bypass (OMB) in the treatment of AMI and compared outcomes between patients undergoing either antegrade (supraceliac aortic inow) or retrograde (infrarenal aortoiliac inow) bypass.
Eighty-two patients (female 54%; age 63 ± 12 years) underwent OMB for AMI.An antegrade bypass conguration was used in most cases (76%; n=62). The incidence of bowel resection at the index operation did not differ based on bypass conguration (antegrade, 45%; retrograde, 45%) and 37% (n=30) underwent sub­sequent resection during second look operations. The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 37%, with no difference between retrograde/antegrade cohorts. The median follow-up was 8 months. The 1- and 3-year primary patency rates were both 82%±6%, with 10 patients requiring reintervention. 1-year freedom from reinter­vention rates were 89%±5% and 57%±10% for antegrade and retrograde bypass patients, respectively. Overall survival, including follow-up after discharge, was 57%±6% and 50%±6% at 1 and 5years and did not differ between patients under­going antegrade/retrograde OMB.The study suggested that antegrade aortomesen­teric bypasses are preferred over retrograde bypasses because of a lower reintervention rate.
Retrograde open mesenteric stenting (ROMS) is an alternative to traditional bypass in patients who present with AMI.Andraska etal. [14] compared outcomes of ROMS with those of conventional mesenteric bypass. A total of 34 patients were included in the study; 16 underwent mesenteric bypass, and 18 underwent ROMS.The majority of patients in both groups required bowel resection at the time of presentation (bypass, 56.25%; ROMS, 77.78%). Average operative time was sig­nicantly higher in the bypass arm (302 vs. 189min; P<.010). In the bypass group, dacron graft was the most commonly used conduit (62.5%), followed by autologous vein conduit. All ROMS procedures were performed with balloon expandable stents. The majority of ROMS procedures were performed with covered stents (55.56%). In-hospital mortality was comparable between groups (bypass, 43.75%; ROMS, 38.89%; P=.459). Primary patency at 2years did not differ signicantly between groups (bypass, 66.67%; ROMS, 87.50%; P=.600). Similarly, all-cause mortality at 2years did not differ between groups (bypass, 62.50%; ROMS, 55.56%; P=.476). Given similar postoperative outcomes and ability to perform these proce­dures in a conventional operating room but with signicantly shorter operative times, ROMS should be considered a rst-line option in acute situations when the operator is comfortable performing the procedure.
Oderich etal. [15] reviewed the clinical data and outcomes of all consecutive patients treated by ROMS in seven academic centers from 2001 to 2013. There were 54 patients, 13 male and 41 female, with a mean age of 72±11years. Indications for ROMS were AMI in 44 patients (81%) and subacute-on-chronic mesenteric ischemia with ush mesenteric occlusion in 10 patients (19%). Bowel resection was needed in 29 patients (66%) with AMI because of perforation or gangrene. Technical
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success was achieved in all (98%) except one patient for whom ROMS failed, who was treated by bypass. Early mortality was 45% (20/44) for AMI and 10% (1/10) for subacute-on-chronic mesenteric ischemia (P=.04). Patient survival for the entire cohort was 43%±9% at 2years. Freedom from symptom recurrence and freedom from reinterventions were 72%±8% and 74%±8% at the same interval. The study suggests that retrograde open mesenteric stenting is an appropriate alternative for patients with mesenteric ischemia requiring a laparotomy for exploration or treat­ment of perforated or gangrenous bowel.
In most cases of AMI, intestinal inspection and resection of nonviable bowel are required through laparotomy. Thus, ROMS, which is a hybrid technique, combines the benets of both techniques: prompt blood ow restoration with an endovascular approach and inspection and resection of the small bowel. Roussel etal. [16] retro­spectively enrolled all consecutive patients who underwent ROMS revasculariza­tion for occlusive AMI in three participating tertiary care centers. Twenty-ve patients were included. In two patients, ROMS was not possible because of failure of re-entry in the aortic lumen (technical success, 92%).13 patients (52%) required bowel or colon resection. The 30-day operative mortality rate was 25%, and the overall 1-year survival rate was 65%. The 1-year primary patency rate was 92%. The study suggested that retrograde open mesenteric stenting is a reasonable proce­dure for selected patients with acute mesenteric ischemia not amenable to percuta­neous stenting.
8.2.2.3 Mesenteric Ischaemia inPatients withCOVID-19
The aim of a systematic review by Ojha etal. [17] was to assess the most common CT imaging features of AMI in COVID-19 patients. A total of 47 studies compris­ing 75 patients were included in the review. In COVID-19 patients with AMI, small bowel ischemia is the most prevalent imaging diagnosis and NOMI is the most com­mon pattern of bowel involvement. Small bowel ischemia was seen in 46.7% of the patients, followed by ischemic colitis (37.3%). Non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) indicating microvascular involvement was found in 67.9% of patients with AMI. 50% of the patients receiving conservative/medical management died, high­lighting high mortality without surgery.
Pirola etal. [18] provided further information. They analyzed the small bowel radiological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in abdominal imaging stud­ies. Of 62 patients, mesenteric ischemia was diagnosed in 31 cases (50%), small bowel wall thickening in 10 cases (16%), pneumatosis in nine cases (15%), intus­susception in eight cases (13%), pneumoperitoneum in two cases (3%) and paralytic ileus in two cases (3%). Treatment of AMI was reported in 17 cases. Thirteen (76%) were treated by segmental resection of small bowel, and anticoagulant therapy alone was administered in four cases. Of the nineteen patients with a reported outcome, nine (47%) died.
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8.3 Conclusions forClinical Practice
For the conclusions, we follow the recommendations of Björck etal. [19] in the Trans-Atlantic Debate, whether an endovascular-rst strategy is the optimal approach for treating acute mesenteric ischemia:
After having diagnosed the condition, most often with multislice computed tomography images, and if an acute occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is diagnosed, the treatment is organized in the following way:
1. The patient is taken to a hybrid operating room, thereby providing the option for
using both open and endovascular techniques. Angiography and endovascular treatment is attempted, with access from the groin or the brachial artery, or both, preferably under local anesthesia.
2. After endovascular revascularization, the abdomen is evaluated, and if there is
any suspicion of bowel gangrene, a laparotomy is performed; otherwise, close surveillance follows for at least 48h. If percutaneous endovascular revascular­ization fails, laparotomy and hybrid retrograde recanalization of the SMA and stenting, or open revascularization should be undertaken, without delay.
3. Completion angiography, followed by adjunctive endovascular procedures
(where necessary), including further aspiration embolectomy of SMA branches, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting of residual stenosis, thromboly­sis of occluded side branches.
4. Second-look angiography or laparotomy, or both, may be necessary, and should
be performed liberally.
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Chronic Mesenteric (Intestinal) Ischaemia
9.1 Guidelines
Preliminary note: in the following, the terms “chronic intestinal ischaemia” and “chronic mesenteric ischaemia” are used synonymously, as specied in the litera­ture database (MEDLINE, PubMed). Chronic mesenteric ischaemia (CMI) is the more commonly used term and is preferred here.
9.1.1 European Society ofCardiology (ESC)/European Society
forVascular Surgery (ESVS)
The ESC/ESVS guidelines recommend [1]:
Chronic mesenteric artery disease includes stenosis or chronic occlusion of the coeliac trunk or the mesenteric arteries. Its prevalence increases with age, especially in the presence of other atherosclerotic diseases and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). In patients with an AAA and lower extremities arterial disease signicant stenosis (mostly asymptomatic) of at least one of the three arteries was detected in 40% and 27%, respectively.
9.1.1.1 Diagnosis
• In patients with suspected chronic mesenteric ischaemia (CMI), duplex ultra-
sound is recommended as the rst-line examination. (Class I recommendation/
Level of evidence C).
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• In patients with suspected CMI, occlusive disease of a single mesenteric artery
makes the diagnosis unlikely and a careful search for alternative causes should
be considered. (Class IIa recommendation/Level of evidence C).
9.1.1.2 Treatment
• In patients with symptomatic multivessel CMI, revascularization is recom-
mended. (Class I recommendation/Level of evidence C).
• In patients with symptomatic multivessel CMI, it is not recommended to delay
revascularization in order to improve the nutritional status. (Class III recommen-
dation/Level of evidence C).
These guidelines do not specify the revascularization procedure (open surgery or endovascular intervention), but they note:
Although endovascular treatment has been increasingly used, open surgery is still indicated in the following situations:
• After failed endovascular therapy without possibility for repeat endovascular
treatment.
• Extensive occlusion, calcications or other technical difculties.
• Young patients with non-atherosclerotic lesions due to vasculitis or mid-aortic
syndrome.
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9.1.2 Clinical Practice Guidelines oftheEuropean Society
ofVascular Surgery (ESVS)
The ESVS guidelines recommend [2]:
• Recommendation 13: The diagnosis of CMI should be considered less likely in
the absence of multi-vessel stenosis or occlusion and warrants careful investiga-
tion for alternative causes. (Class IIa recommendation/Level of evidence C).
• Recommendation 14: In patients with otherwise unexplained abdominal symp-
toms, and occlusive disease of two or three mesenteric arteries, CMI should be
considered to be the cause of the symptoms. (Class IIa recommendation/Level of
evidence C).
• Recommendation 15: In patients with suspected CMI, duplex ultrasound of the
mesenteric arteries is recommended as the rst-line examination. (Class I recom-
mendation/Level of evidence B).
• Recommendation 16: In patients with a moderate to high suspicion of CMI, CTA
(computed tomography angiography) is recommended to map the occlusive dis-
ease, and to detect or exclude other intra-abdominal pathology. (Class I recom-
mendation/Level of evidence C).
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• Recommendation 17: MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) may be consid-
ered as an alternative to CTA for diagnosis of suspected CMI, although there is
some evidence that images obtained with MRA are not as accurate or complete
as those obtained with CTA. (Class IIb recommendation/Level of evidence C).
• Recommendation 18: In patients with symptomatic CMI caused by multi-vessel
occlusive disease, revascularisation is recommended. (Class I recommendation/
Level of evidence B).
• Recommendation 19: In patients with symptomatic single vessel disease, revas-
cularisation may be considered. (Class IIb recommendation/Level of evidence B).
• Recommendation 20: In patients with advanced CMI (severe weight loss, diar-
rhoea, continuous pain), it is not recommended that revascularisation is delayed
by attempts to improve the nutritional status. (Class III recommendation/Level of
evidence C).
• Recommendation 21: In patients with CMI, needing revascularisation, the supe-
rior long-term results of open surgery must be offset against a possible early
benet of endovascular intervention with regard to peri-procedural mortality and
morbidity. (Class I recommendation/Level of evidence B).
• Recommendation 22: In patients requiring revascularisation for CMI, the supe-
rior mesenteric artery is the main target vessel using either open or endovascular
techniques. (Class I recommendation/Level of evidence B).
• Recommendation 23: In patients requiring endovascular treatment of CMI, rou-
tine mesenteric stenting should be used, as opposed to plain balloon angioplasty.
(Class I recommendation/Level of evidence C).
• Recommendation 24: In patients requiring mesenteric artery stenting, covered
stents as opposed to bare metal stents, may be considered. (Class IIb recommen-
dation/Level of evidence C).
• Recommendation 25: In patients with CMI, open revascularisation should be
considered in the following situations:
– In a patient who has failed endovascular therapy or – In patients who are not candidates for endovascular intervention because of
extensive occlusion and calcication precluding safe angioplasty and stenting or
– In young patients with complex non-atherosclerotic lesions caused by vascu-
litis or mid-aortic syndrome.
(Class IIa recommendation/Level of evidence B)
• Recommendation 26: In patients needing mesenteric revascularisation, ROMS
(retrograde open mesenteric stenting) should be considered when trans-aortic
stenting and open reconstruction are impossible. (Class IIa recommendation/
Level of evidence C).
• Recommendation 27: In patients after revascularisation for CMI, repeated fol-
low- up by clinical assessment to detect symptomatic restenosis might be consid-
ered. (Class IIb recommendation/Level of evidence C).