Successful Non-surgical Management of Superior Mesenteric Artery Compression Syndrome: A Case Report

Huang Shaomin¹  Hu Youting¹  Huang Xuejie¹  Zhang Xuemei^2,*

¹Emergency and Disaster Medicine Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China  ²Dialysis Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China

^*Xuemei Zhang is the corresponding author. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8045-2087.

Email: zhangxm23@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Article History Received 11 August 2020  Accepted 25 August 2020  Published 30 September 2020

Cite this Article Huang Shaomin , Hu Youting, Huang Xuejie, Zhang Xuemei. Successful Non-surgical Management of Superior Mesenteric Artery Compression Syndrome: A Case Report [J].Medical Research, 2020.2(3):8-13, http://dx.doi.org/10.6913/MRHK.202006_2(3).0002

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Abstract  In this study, we aimed to report a case of superior mesenteric artery syndrome, with a particular focus on the patient’s non-surgical management including enteral nutrition therapy. The focus of this patient’s care includes nasogastric tube management, parenteral and enteral nutrition care (personalized nutrition treatment plan), proper lying position, negative pressure drainage in the stomach, and psychiatric mental health nursing. This case study supports that with efforts focusing on patients’ nursing and enteral nutrition therapy, non-surgical management could be an effective approach in treating superior mesenteric artery compression syndrome.

Keywords Superior mesenteric artery syndrome; Nasogastric tube; Enteral nutrition; Psychiatric mental health nursing