The endoleak was repaired by laparoscopic ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery.

A lumbar-to- inferior mesenteric artery leak was seen in one patient at 24 hours.

Aneurysm size remained stable in the one patient with a lumbar-to- inferior mesenteric artery leak.

A postoperative computerized tomography scan revealed cessation of flow through the inferior mesenteric artery.

Neither treatment changed superior or inferior mesenteric artery blood flow.

Abdominal CT scan showed diffuse submucosal edema, narrowing of distal abdominal aorta and inferior mesenteric artery.

The inferior mesenteric artery was transected 0.5 cm from the aortic root.

This occurred without development of cuff abscess and was not due to occlusion of the inferior mesenteric artery.

Ligation of a patent inferior mesenteric artery was the most common (74%) feature in patients with colon ischemia.

Since various organs were ischemic, the cause of death was determined to be blood loss from the inferior mesenteric artery injuries.

The inferior mesenteric artery crosses the left one, while to the outside of both, and behind them, lie the sympathetic and obdurator nerves.

A group of 22 patients with a ruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysm in whom the inferior mesenteric artery was ligated at surgery were studied prospectively.

Intra-operative characteristics showed a higher conversion rate in patients in which the inferior mesenteric artery was dissected first (p = 0.031).

Blood flow in the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries was measured by trans-abdominal Doppler ultrasound.

Retrograde aneurysm perfusion from lumbar or inferior mesenteric arteries (type II endoleak) that persisted beyond 6 months was present in three patients.