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Gastrocolic trunk of Henle and its variants: review of the literature and clinical relevance in colectomy for right-sided colon cancer.
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- Gastrocolic Trunk: Anatomical Variations and Surgical Significance.Acta medica academica · 2026Pooled 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
- The Surgical Anatomy of Gastrocolic Trunk: a Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Its Significance in Right Colectomy.Maedica · 2026Review
- Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for right-sided colon cancer: is it better for central lymph nodes harvesting in right colectomy with complete mesocolic excision?Surgical endoscopy · 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
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- Effect of carbon dioxide insufflation on the delay-attenuation relationship of mesenteric veins in contrast-enhanced CT colonography.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Article
- 'Head-first Approach' for small duct chronic pancreatitis.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- [Anatomical variants of blood vessels and their surgical challenges related to oncological right hemicolectomy].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Clinical application of three-dimensional printing technology in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colon cancer: a pilot study and video demonstration.3D printing in medicine · 2025Article
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- Multidetector computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of double superior mesenteric veins: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Developing a phantom for simulating robotic-assisted complete mesocolic excision using 3D printing and medical imaging.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- First jejunal vein, jejunal trunk, and pancreatico-duodenectomy: resolving the literature conundrum.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Review
- The usefulness of the endoscopic surgical skill qualification system in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a single-center, retrospective analysis with propensity score matching.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- Efficacy of High-Resolution Preoperative 3D Reconstructions for Lesion Localization in Oncological Colorectal Surgery-First Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Anatomic variations of the anterosuperior pancreaticoduodenal veins encountered during laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a retrospective single-center analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2022Article
- The "complete common mesentery" and the agenesis of Toldt's and Fredet's fasciae.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2021Article
- Computed Tomography Angiography of Gastrocolic Vein Trunk by Morphological Filtering Technique in Right Colon Cancer.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeVenous vascular anatomy of the right colon presents a high degree of variability. Henle's Gastrocolic Trunk is considered an important anatomical landmark by colorectal surgeons. The classical description concerns a bipod vascular structure or tripod, but several variants are associated to it. The aim of this study is to merge the most updated literature on the anatomy knowledge of the Gastrocolic Trunk by evaluating all possible variants, as well as to underline its surgical importance due to its topographical relationships.
methodsTwelve studies describing the anatomy of the gastrocolic trunk were selected, each of them dealing with a more or less extensive series of cases. A distinction was drawn between the gastropancreatic trunk, devoid of the colonic component, and the gastrocolic trunk; and then the frequency of the different resulting variants was reported. The data obtained from cadavers and radiological studies were analyzed separately.
resultsThe Gastrocolic Trunk is found in 74% of cadaver studies, and in 86% of radiological studies. Its most frequent configuration is represented by the union of right gastroepiploic vein + anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein + superior right colic vein, respectively, 32.5% and 42.5%, followed by the right colic vein which replaces (26.9%, 12.3%) or is added (10%, 20.1%) to the superior right colic vein.
conclusionsThe superior right colic vein joins the right gastroepiploic vein and the anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein thus forming, in most cases, the gastrocolic trunk. The anatomical knowledge of vascular structures forms the basis for both the interpretation of preoperative radiological images and the surgical procedure itself, despite the considerable anatomical variability of tributaries.
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