The serosa continues onto the mesentery, the peritoneal fold that encircles most of the small intestine and connects it to the posterior abdominal wall. Nerve fibers, lymphatic, and blood vessels ...

Mesenteric (or intestinal) artery disease is a condition that develops when the arteries in the abdomen that supply the intestines become narrowed, or blocked, by an accumulation of a fatty substance ...

It builds on the scientific advances the group made on the mesentery, an organ in which all digestive organs of the abdomen develop and then remain connected to. An international trial has ...