Syndrome of chronic abdominal ischemia in the practice of general surgeons

One possible cause of resistant abdominal pain syndrome is a chronic intestinal ischemia caused by varying degrees of occlusion of the mesenteric vessels. Due to the variety of clinical manifestations, just noticeable their specificity and lack of awareness of general practitioners timely diagnosis of the syndrome of chronic abdominal ischemia is difficult. The main methods of diagnosis at this stage are: ultrasound duplex scanning, spiral computed tomography, magnetic resonance computed tomography angiography in the mode of indirect and direct angiography. The method of choice of surgical treatment is percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of the arteries.