Review Article
Variations of Gastrocolic Trunk of Henle and Its Significance in Gastrocolic Surgery
Table 4
Classification of GTH based on ASPDV and venous tributaries from the right colon.
| | Type of GTH | Variety of drainage vein | Frequency (%) |
| | I (gastrocolic type, GC) | | 33 (32.4) | | Ia | RGEV + SRCV | 12 (11.8) | | Ib | RGEV + RCV | 8 (7.8) | | Ic | RGEV + SRCV + RCV | 7 (6.9) | | Id | RGEV + SRCV + MCV | 4 (3.9) | | Ie | RGEV + RCV + MCV | 2 (2.0) |
| | II (gastro-pancreatic-colic type, GPC) | | 69 (67.6) | | IIa | RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV | 32 (31.4) | | IIb | RGEV + ASPDV + RCV | 17 (16.7) | | IIc | RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV | 12 (11.8) | | IId | RGEV + ASPDV + SRCV + RCV + MCV | 5 (4.9) | | IIe | RGEV + ASPDV + MCV | 3 (2.9) |
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GTH = gastrocolic trunk of Henle; RCV = right colic vein; MCV = middle colic vein; SRCV = superior right colic vein; ASPDV = anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein; RGEV = right gastroepiploic vein.
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