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Surgical Anatomy of the Superior Mesenteric Vessels Related to Colon and Pancreatic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Gastrocolic Trunk: Anatomical Variations and Surgical Significance.Acta medica academica · 2026Pooled it
- Heart Failure in Patients with Sarcopenia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic colectomy for transverse colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- Superior mesenteric artery syndrome following spine surgery in idiopathic adolescent scoliosis: a systematic review.European journal of medical research · 2024Pooled it
- Mesenteric vascular variations and Henle's trunk anatomy in right colon cancer surgery: implications for complete mesocolic excision and D2 lymphadenectomy.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Preoperative CT-based 3D analysis of middle colic vein anatomy for complete mesocolic excision in right-sided colon cancer: a retrospective cohort study from a prospective clinical trial.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2026Article
- Contrast-enhanced CT colonography in colon cancer: expanding roles in staging, surgical planning and clinical decision-making.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- Revisiting the anatomical relationship between the middle colic artery and the middle colic vein for complete mesocolic excision in colon cancer surgery.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Early Portomesenteric Thrombosis Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Risk Factors, Management and Outcomes.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Colon interposition after esophagectomy: a 15-year single-center experience.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Efficacy of the "critical view/open book" concept for implementing standardized right hemicolectomy with complete mesocolic excision-results from a series of minimally invasive surgical training courses.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Preoperative Computed Tomography Colonography-Angiography for Vascular Mapping to Guide and Standardize D3 Lymphadenectomy in Right-Sided and Transverse Colon Cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Article
- Anomalous positional relationship of the superior mesenteric vein relative to the superior mesenteric artery: a cadaveric case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
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- Optimization of artery-first approach in right-sided colon cancer CME: preoperative CTA assessment of MCA branching and MCV-Henle's trunk relationship.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Observational
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- Vascular anatomy of the right colon: A cadaveric study in a Vietnamese population with surgical implications.PloS one · 2026Article
- Robotic Right Hemicolectomy for Cecal Cancer with a Rare Ileocolic Artery-Middle Colic Artery Common Trunk: A Case Report.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2026Article
- [Anatomical variants of blood vessels and their surgical challenges related to oncological right hemicolectomy].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- The Trunk of Henle and Belcher's Vein: Important Venous Landmarks in Robot-Assisted Pancreatoduodenectomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
The surgeon dissecting the base of the mesenterium, around the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and artery, is facing a complex tridimensional vascular anatomy and should be aware of the anatomical variants in this area. The aim of this systematic review is to propose a standardized terminology of the superior mesenteric vessels, with impact in colon and pancreatic resections. We conducted a systematic search in PubMed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar databases up to March 2017. Forty-five studies, involving a total of 6090 specimens were included in the present meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of the ileocolic, right colic and middle colic arteries was 99.8%, 60.1%, and 94.6%, respectively. The superior right colic vein and Henle trunk were present in 73.9%, and 89.7% of specimens, respectively. In conclusion, the infra-pancreatic anatomy of the superior mesenteric vessels is widely variable. We propose the term Henle trunk to be used for any venous confluence between gastric, pancreatic and colic veins, which drains between the inferior border of the pancreas and up to 20 mm downward on the right-anterior aspect of the SMV. The term gastrocolic trunk should not be synonymous, but a subgroup of the Henle trunk, together with to gastropancreatocolic, gastropancreatic, or colopancreatic trunk.
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