Coeliac trunk and its branches: Anatomical variations and clinical implications

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 329-331

  Prakash, ^a   Rajini, T ^a   Mokhasi, V ^a   Geethanjali, B S ^a   Sivacharan, P V ^a   Shashirekha, M ^a  

^a VYDEHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Aorta; Cadaver; Coeliac trunk; Dissection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CADAVER; CELIAC ARTERY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENAL ARTERY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SKIN INCISION; SPLEEN ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CADAVER; CELIAC ARTERY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENIC ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865079596     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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