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Arterial supply of the duodenal bulb: an anatomoclinical study

La vascularisation artérielle du bulbe duodénal. Etude anatomo-clinique

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An anatomic and radio-anatomic study of 15 specimens enabled us to reconsider the arterial vascularization of the duodenal bulb and to propose a new classification based on anatomoclinical criteria. The two arterial pedicles (infra- and supradudodenal) reach the bulb on its posterior aspect; each pedicle is made up of two sorts of blood currents (right and left); the posterior aspect of the bulb seems to be the most vascularized one, explaining, apart from bleeding from gastroduodenal a. erosion, the hemorrhagic character of ulcers of the posterior aspect of the bulb. The predominance of the left-hand currents explains the possible ischemia of the duodenal bulb and/or rupture of the duodenal stump after their interruption.

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Une étude anatomique et radioanatomique de 15 pièces a permis de reconsidérer la vascularisation artérielle du bulbe duodénal et de proposer une nouvelle classification basée sur des critères anatomo-cliniques. Les pédicules artériels, au nombre de deux (infra et supraduodénaux), abordent le bulbe par sa face postérieure ; chaque pédicule est formé de deux courants droits et gauches. La face postérieure du bulbe semble plus richement vascularisée que la face antérieure, ce qui explique la plus grande fréquence de saignement des ulcères postérieurs en dehors des érosions de l'artère gastro-duodénale. Le caractère prédominant des courants gauches permet de comprendre, après leur interruption, la survenue possible d'une ischémie du bulbe duodénal associée ou non à un lâchage de moignon.

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Hentati, N., Fournier, H.D., Papon, X. et al. Arterial supply of the duodenal bulb: an anatomoclinical study. Surg Radiol Anat 21, 159–164 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01630893

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