Review Article
Variations of Gastrocolic Trunk of Henle and Its Significance in Gastrocolic Surgery
Table 1
Variations of Henle’s trunk identified by autopsy and vascular casting.
| Author | Year | Case () | Frequency, (%) | Type (%) |
| Yamaguchi et al. [3] | 2002 | 40 | 40/58 (69.0) | RGEV + ASPDV + RCV (25.0) | RGEV + ASPDV + RCV + aMCV (2.5) | RGEV + ASPDV + MCV (17.5) | RGEV + ASPDV + aMCV (55.0) |
| Ignjatovic et al. [4] | 2004 | 10 | 10/10 (100.0) | RGEV + ASPDV + aMCV (90.0) | RGEV + ASPDV + MCV (10.0) |
| Jin et al. [5] | 2006 | 8 | 8/9 (88.9) | RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV (37.5) | RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV (50.0) | RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV + MCV (12.5) |
| Ignjatovic et al. [6] | 2010 | 34 | 34/42 (81.0) | RGEV + SRCV (26.5) | RGEV + SRCV + ASPDV or AIPDV (73.5) |
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RCV = right colic vein; MCV = middle colic vein; aMCV = accessory middle colic vein; SRCV = superior right colic vein; ASPDV = anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein; RGEV = right gastroepiploic vein; AIPDV = anterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal vein.
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