LAPAROSCOPY-ASSOCIATED MESENTERIC VASCULAR EVENTS - DESCRIPTION OF ANEVOLVING CLINICAL SYNDROME

Over the past few years, several cases of acute mesenteric ischemic ev ents following laparoscopy have appeared in the literature, To date, n o formal description of this phenomenon has been provided, In this art icle, we summarize and analyze the features of the five reported cases to date as well as a sixth case encountered at our institution, The p robable cause of this complication involves changes in splanchnic hemo dynamics related to elevated intraabdominal pressure. A review of the relevant literature is provided.