Review Article

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

Table 7

Types of draining pattern of the right side of the colon.

AuthorYearCase ()SRCV (%)RCV (%)MCV (%)aMCV (%)

Yamaguchi et al. [3]200258NHenle’s trunk (19.0)Henle’s trunk (12.1)Henle’s trunk (39.7)
SMV (24.1)SMV (84.5)SMV (29.3)
Absent (43.1)IMV (1.7)Absent (25.9)
SV (1.7)

Jin et al. [5]20069Henle’s trunk (88.9)Henle’s trunk (55.6)Henle’s trunk (11.1)N
Absent (11.1)SMV (11.1)SMV (88.9)
Absent (33.3)

Sakaguchi et al. [10]2010102Henle’s trunk (74.5)Henle’s trunk (24.5)Henle’s trunk (19.6)N
SMV (15.7)SMV (25.5)SMV (80.4)
Absent (8.8)Absent (50.0)

Ogino et al. [11]201481Henle’s trunk (21.0)Henle’s trunk (83.9)Henle’s trunk (19.8)N
Absent (79.0)SMV (9.9)SMV (67.9)
Absent (9.2)JV (6.2)
IMV (4.9)
SV (1.2)

Miyazawa et al. [12]2015100Henle’s trunk (93.0)Henle’s trunk (8.0)Henle’s trunk (13.0)N
Absent (7.0)SMV (48.0)SMV (84.0)
Absent (44.0)Absent (3.0)

Maki et al. [26]2016331NNHenle’s trunk (29.3)N
SMV (62.5)
IMV (4.8)
JV (0.6)
SV (2.7)

Lee et al. [9]2016116NSMV (19.0)Henle’s trunk (3.4)Henle’s trunk (1.7)
Absent (81.0)SMV (93.1)SMV (22.4)
SV (3.4)SV (5.2)
Absent (70.7)

Alsabilah et al. [8]201770NHenle’s trunk (24.3)Henle’s trunk (5.7)Henle’s trunk (7.1)
SMV (18.6)SMV (94.0)SMV (8.6)
Absent (57.1)Absent (84.3)

RCV = right colic vein; MCV = middle colic vein; aMCV = accessory middle colic vein; SRCV = superior right colic vein; SMV = superior mesenteric vein; JV = jejunal vein; IMV = inferior mesenteric vein; SV = splenic vein; N = not mentioned.