[Mesenteric clamp syndrome complicating pancreatic trauma (author's transl)]

Duodenal obstruction by the mesenteric artery has mostly been reported in profoundly denutrated patients. We here report one case after left spleno-pancreatectomy following pancreatic isthmus rhexis concerning a seventeen years old injured young boy, who was kept in supination position because of a backbone fracture. Vertebral osteo-synthesis allowed a quickly efficient postural treatment.