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Esophagogastrectomy and the variant left hepatic artery
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Esophagogastrectomy and the variant left hepatic artery

Alan W. Hemming, Richard J. Finley, Kenneth G. Evans, Bill Nelems and Guy Fradet
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.54(1), pp.166-168
1992
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(92)91173-7
PMID: 1610235

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Abstract

A variant left hepatic artery occurs at a rate of approximately 10%. In standard esophagogastrectomy and some proximal gastric operations this variant artery is sacrificed, which has led to reported fatalities secondary to hepatic necrosis. We report our method of esophagogastrectomy in the presence of an aberrant left hepatic artery.

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