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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)

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@tutorgrl

I had lap surgery 4 weeks ago along with unroofing of the nerves of the celiac plexus. My symptoms returned within 5 days and seem to be worse now than before surgery. Has anyone else experienced this? I have pain with eating that radiates to the back.

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jmacbain | @jmacbain | Nov 13, 2019

Wow where did you have the surgery? That's strange, I know on the MALS pals facebook page alot of people have had surgery. From some of the posts it seems like the open surgery has better results but I'm not a doctor. I know I've been told it takes a while sometimes to heal as well so it might take a bit before your feeling better. Good Luck

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Ingegerd Enscoe, Alumni Mentor | @astaingegerdm | Nov 13, 2019

@tutorgrl - Hi! I know it’s discouraging if the symptoms returned so soon after surgery. Have you talked to the surgeon about this? There could be a couple of causes, such as post op swelling in the area putting pressure on the artery, or if the artery was kinked because of the ligament’s pressure and has not opened up. That happened to me after 4-5 months. A stent was placed and it has been fine for 4 years so far.
Definitely let the surgeon know.

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