Variations in the anatomy of the celiac trunk: A systematic review and clinical implications

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 501-511

  Panagouli, Eleni ^a   Venieratos, Dionysios ^a   Lolis, Evangelos ^a   Skandalakis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absence; Additional branches; Bifurcation; Celiacomesenteric trunk; Classification; Tripod

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; CADAVER; CAUCASIAN; CELIAC ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; JAPANESE; KOREAN; LEFT GASTRIC ARTERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NEGRO; PROBABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SPLEEN ARTERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

ABSENCE; ADDITIONAL BRANCHES; BIFURCATION; CELIACOMESENTERIC TRUNK; CLASSIFICATION; TRIPOD;

ADULT; CADAVER; CELIAC ARTERY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84888438186     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2013.06.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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