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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Xu MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003011 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical endoscopy 20191203 1
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) causes compression and partial or complete obstruction of the duodenum, resulting in abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. If conservative therapy fails, the patient is typically referred for enteral feeding or laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy. The last few years have seen increasing use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastrojejunostomy (EUS-GJ) for gastric obstruction indications. EUS-GJ involves the creation of a gastric bypass via an echoe ...[more]