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The gastrocolic trunk of Henle in pancreatic surgery: an anatomo-clinical study

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Abstract

From 37 peroperative and cadaver anatomical investigations, it was concluded that, in contrast to the information in common texts on anatomy and surgery, a venous gastrocolic trunk was observed in only 46% of subjects; a true bipod gastrocolic trunk of Henle was a rare (8%) phenomenon. In this respect, a variate venous anatomy at the inferior border of the neck of the pancreas, as observed in this study, must be taken into account during pancreatic surgery and radiological procedures in the pancreas.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Sint Clara Hospital, Olympiaweg 350, 3078 HT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    Johan F. Lange

  2. Lowlands Institute of Surgical Anatomy (LISA), Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    Sabine Koppert, Gerd-Jan Kleinrensink & Moshe Godschalk

  3. Department of Surgery, Academic Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    Casper H. J. van Eyck & Geert Kazemier

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  1. Johan F. Lange
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  2. Sabine Koppert
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  3. Casper H. J. van Eyck
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Received: December 27,1999 / Accepted: April 26, 2000

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Lange, J., Koppert, S., van Eyck, C. et al. The gastrocolic trunk of Henle in pancreatic surgery: an anatomo-clinical study. J Hep Bil Pancr Surg 7, 401–403 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005340070035

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