Can the gastrocolic trunk of Henle serve as an anatomical landmark in laparoscopic right colectomy? A postmortem anatomical study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Ignjatovic, Dejan ^a   Spasojevic, Milan ^b   Stimec, Bojan ^c,d  

^a VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b Narvik Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Colectomy; Gastrocolic trunk; Landmark; Laparoscopy; Right colic artery; Right colic vein

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CECUM; COLON ARTERY; COLON RESECTION; DISSECTION; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROCOLIC TRUNK OF HENLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; KIDNEY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE COLON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLECTOMY; COLON; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 74749088590     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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