OBJECTIVE Hepatic artery thrombosis after liver transplantation is uncommon, but represents an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to identify the possible risk factors for the development of hepatic artery thrombosis, and the impact of hepatic artery thrombosis on the patients and graft survival. METHODS Between January 1994 and June 1998, we reviewed retrosp...

Introduction Coeliac trunk is one of the ventral splanchnic branches of abdominal aorta. It arises from the abdominal aorta opposite the intervertebral disc between T12 and L1 vertebrae. It has a short course of about 1,5 cm, after which it terminates by dividing into three branches; splenic artery, left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery. The common hepatic artery divides into gastro...

OBJECTIVE Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is performed in neonates and children for significant gastroesophageal reflux. An aberrant left hepatic artery encountered during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication makes dissection around the esophageal hiatus more difficult if the artery is not transected. Although some suggest division of the aberrant left hepatic artery, this is associated with r...

The origin and the ramification of the celiac trunk and its branches are commonly as follows. The celiac trunk has the three branches; the common hepatic, the splenic and the left gastric artery. The common hepatic artery divides into the gastroduodenal and the proper hepatic artery which has the right hepatic, the left hepatic and the cystic artery. Although variations in the ramification of t...

The right hepatic artery usually branches from the common hepatic artery, however, there are cases showing anatomic variations. We present 41-year-old female patient with gallbladder cancer. In this case, the accessory right hepatic artery branched from the gastroduodenal artery, passed in front of the common bile duct and fed into the anterior segment of the liver. Cholecystectomy and resectio...

Even with the recent technical advances in the surgical procedures used for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), hepatic artery reconstruction is still one of the most difficult procedures in LDLT (Matsuda et al., 2006; Eguchi et al., 2008). Because hepatic artery complications in liver transplantation, such as hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) or hepatic artery dissection (HAD), often lead...

isolated common hepatic artery branch thrombosis with severe gastric ischemia and duodenojejunal infarction is a rare condition; it usually presents with acute abdomen and may be associated with underlying thrombotic risk factors. we present a 35-year-old man admitted to our hospital with five days history of sudden abdominal pain and deteriorating epigastric pain. he was a driver and had no an...

The extrahepatic vascular and biliary anatomy of Calot’s triangle is well known to be highly variable and this provides a surgical challenge. The liver has a dual blood supply consisting of the portal vein and the hepatic artery. The hepatic artery which delivers 25% of the blood supply, arises from the celiac trunk. The celiac trunk gives off the left gastric, splenic and common hepatic arteri...

INTRODUCTION Hepatic artery thrombosis following orthotopic liver transplant is one of the most common reasons for early graft failure. Meticulous reconstitution of hepatic artery flow remains essential for good outcomes. Prior surgery, body habitus, hepatic artery inadequacy and anatomic differences can complicate hepatic artery revascularization. CASE PRESENTATION We report a single institu...

INTRODUCTION Hepatic arterial liver flow is renowned for its redundancy. Previous studies have demonstrated that the common hepatic artery is not essential for liver survival. We present a case of a 31year-old involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident whose liver survived thanks to the presence of an accessory hepatic artery. PRESENTATON OF THE CASE We present the case of a 31year-old m...