TY - JOUR
T1 - The hepatic artery in liver transplantation and surgery
T2 - Vascular anomalies in 701 cases
AU - Gruttadauria, Salvatore
AU - Foglieni, Carlo Scotti
AU - Doria, Cataldo
AU - Luca, Angelo
AU - Lauro, Augusto
AU - Marino, Ignazio R.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The purpose of this study is to report the variations in hepatic arterial supply of a mixed population of organ donors in which the anatomy was individually examined during the bench surgery, and patients who underwent a selective angiogram of the celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery. We reviewed the donor forms and/or angiograms of 701 patients. The donor forms were completed personally by one of the authors, while all the radiology images were obtained through studies performed by one single radiologist. The arterial anatomy was anomalous in 296 out of 701 cases with an overall incidence of hepatic artery anomalies of 42.22%. In this paper we describe previously unreported arterial anomalies of the hepatic artery, collecting the second largest series of hepatic artery anatomical variations of the English literature. This anatomical update can be useful for transplant and general surgeons, as well as vascular radiologists.
AB - The purpose of this study is to report the variations in hepatic arterial supply of a mixed population of organ donors in which the anatomy was individually examined during the bench surgery, and patients who underwent a selective angiogram of the celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery. We reviewed the donor forms and/or angiograms of 701 patients. The donor forms were completed personally by one of the authors, while all the radiology images were obtained through studies performed by one single radiologist. The arterial anatomy was anomalous in 296 out of 701 cases with an overall incidence of hepatic artery anomalies of 42.22%. In this paper we describe previously unreported arterial anomalies of the hepatic artery, collecting the second largest series of hepatic artery anatomical variations of the English literature. This anatomical update can be useful for transplant and general surgeons, as well as vascular radiologists.
KW - Hepatic artery anomalies
KW - Liver surgery
KW - Liver transplantation
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U2 - 10.1034/j.1399-0012.2001.150510.x
DO - 10.1034/j.1399-0012.2001.150510.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11678964
AN - SCOPUS:0034789119
VL - 15
SP - 359
EP - 363
JO - Clinical Transplantation
JF - Clinical Transplantation
SN - 0902-0063
IS - 5
ER -