Review Article

Variations of Gastrocolic Trunk of Henle and Its Significance in Gastrocolic Surgery

Table 3

Variations of Henle’s trunk identified by preoperative 3D CT reconstruction.

AuthorYearCase ()Frequency, (%)Type (%)

Sakaguchi et al. [10]20107979/102 (77.5)RGEV + SRCV (53.2)
RGEV + RCV (1.3)
RGEV + MCV (2.5)
RGEV + SRCV + RCV (19.0)
RGEV + SRCV + MCV (12.7)
RGEV + SRCV + RCV + MCV (11.4)

Ogino et al. [11]20147171/81 (87.7)RGEV + ASPDV + RCV (40.8)
RGEV + ASPDV + MCV (1.4)
RGEV + ASPDV + RCV + MCV (31.0)
RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV (19.7)
RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV + MCV (4.2)
RGEV + ASPDV + ICV + RCV + MCV (2.8)

Miyazawa et al. [12]2015100100/120 (83.3)RGEV + ASPDV (7.0)
RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV (71.0)
RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV or MCV (20.0)
RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV + MCV (2.0)

RCV = right colic vein; MCV = middle colic vein; SRCV = superior right colic vein; ASPDV = anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein; RGEV = right gastroepiploic vein.