Normal: Common hepatic artery from the coeliac trunk, branching into the proper hepatic artery (with terminal branching to the right and left hepatic artery) and the gastroduodenal artery
112 (54.6%)
110 (55%)
0.9410
2
Replaced left hepatic artery from the left gastric artery
30 (14.6%)
20 (10%)
0.1564
3
Replaced right hepatic artery from the superior mesenteric artery
37 (18.1%)
22 (11%)
0.0444
4
Replaced right hepatic artery and left hepatic artery
2 (0.98%)
2 (1%)
0.9802
5
Accessory left hepatic artery
9 (4.40%)
16 (8%)
0.1313
6
Accessory right hepatic artery
5 (2.40%)
14 (7%)
0.0300
7
Accessory right and left hepatic arteries
2 (0.98%)
2 (1%)
0.9802
8
Replaced right hepatic artery and accessory left hepatic artery OR replaced left hepatic artery and accessory right hepatic artery
3 (1.50%)
4 (2%)
0.6787
9
Common hepatic artery from the superior mesenteric artery
5 (2.40%)
9 (4.5%)
0.2563
10
Common hepatic artery from the left gastric artery
0 (0.00%)
1 (0.5%)
0.3107
Total
205
200
Data were taken from Michels NA. Blood supply and anatomy of the upper abdominal organs with a descriptive atlas. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1955.
