Preoperative identification of anomalous arterial anatomy at pancreaticoduodenectomy |
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| Authors: | P Müller K Randhawa KJ Roberts |
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| Affiliation: | 1.University of Bern, Switzerland;2.University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
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| Abstract: | The understanding of abdominal vascular anatomy and its anatomical variations is of considerable importance in upper abdominal surgery. We present the rare finding of a common hepatic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery and passing anterior to the pancreatic gland in a patient undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy. |
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| Keywords: | Variation Hepatic artery Superior mesenteric artery Pancreaticoduodenectomy |
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