Anatomical variations of the splenic artery and its clinical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 497-502

  Pandey, S K ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^b   Mishra, R N ^a   Shukla, V K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Aorta; Loop; Splenic artery; Terminal branching; Variation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; CADAVER; CELIAC ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY;

EID: 4344610452     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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