Review Article

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

Table 6

Types of draining pattern of the right gastroepiploic vein.

AuthorYearCase ()Draining vein of RGEV (%)

Lange et al. [7]200037Henle’s trunk (45.9)
Flow into SMV with ASPDV (43.2)
SMV (10.8)

Ignjatovic et al. [4]200410Henle’s trunk (100.0)

Jin et al. [5]20069Henle’s trunk (88.9)
Flow into SMV with ASPDV (11.1)

Sakaguchi et al. [10]2010102Henle’s trunk (77.5)
SMV (22.5)

Miyazawa et al. [12]2015100Henle’s trunk (93.0)
Flow into SMV with ASPDV (7.0)

Cao et al. [21]2015144Henle’s trunk (75.0)
Flow into SMV with ASPDV (18.8)
SMV (6.3)

Lee et al. [9]2016116Henle’s trunk (79.3)
Flow into SMV with ASPDV (16.4)
SMV (4.3)

ASPDV = anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein; RGEV = right gastroepiploic vein; SMV = superior mesenteric vein.