Research Article

The Results of Vascular and Biliary Variations in Turks Liver Donors: Comparison with Others

Table 1

The results in variations of bile ducts.

TypeDescriptionOur results
AThe normal biliary anatomy197 (49,4%)
BTrifurcation (The right anterior and the right posterior hepatic ducts join together with the left hepatic duct at the same level)49 (12,3%)
CThe ectopic union of right sectoral duct with the main hepatic duct
C140 (10%)
C223 (5,7%)
DThe ectopic union of right sectoral ducts with the left hepatic duct
D136 (9,4%)
D29 (2,2%)
EThe right and the left main hepatic ducts are not formed20 (5%)
FThe union of the right posterior bile duct with the cystic duct24 (6%)

Total398100%

Biliary system was categorized according to the Couinaud classification [12].