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Open Med (Wars). 2015 Dec 17;10(1):535-537. doi: 10.1515/med-2015-0090. eCollection 2015.

Abnormal right hepatic artery injury resulting in right hepatic atrophy: diagnosed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland)

Valter Martino, Alessia Ferrarese, Marco Bindi, Silvia Marola, Valentina Gentile, Matteo Rivelli, Yuri Ferrara, Stefano Enrico, Stefano Berti, Mario Solej

Affiliations

  1. Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Section of General Surgery, San Luigi Gonzaga Teaching Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano - Turin Italy.
  2. University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy.

PMID: 28352750 PMCID: PMC5368877 DOI: 10.1515/med-2015-0090

Abstract

An intact hepatic artery is the gateway to successful hepato-biliary surgery. Introduction of laproscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has stimulated a renewed interest in the anatomy of hepatic artery. In this case report we have highlighted importance of variations of right hepatic artery in terms of origin and course We present a rare asymptomatic case of liver atrophy due to an intraoperative lesion of right hepatic artery. We also performed a literature review about surgical vascular lesions and tried to confirm the right concept behind "non trivial procedure" of the LC.

Keywords: cholecystectomy; liver atrophy; right hepatic artery

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