Anomalies in Liver Arterial Blood Supply and Their Importance for Hepatic Surgery

Vobořil, René; Weberová, Jana; Dvořák, Josef

doi:10.14712/18059694.2019.55

Acta Medica > Archive > 2002, Vol. 45 > Issue 1 > Anomalies in Liver Arterial Blood Supply…

Acta Med. 2002, 45: 39-44

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.55

Anomalies in Liver Arterial Blood Supply and Their Importance for Hepatic Surgery

René Vobořil^a, Jana Weberová^b, Josef Dvořák^c

^aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Surgery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Czech Republic
^cCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Oncology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received February 1, 2002
Accepted April 1, 2002

Liver arterial system in humans presents wide variability. Knowledge of the variability is important for operation in this region (e.g. portcatheter implantation for regional intraarterial chemotherapy in patients with liver malignancy). The purpose of this study is to determine types of variation of liver artery system and their frequency in Czech population. The research was based on the evaluation of abdominal arteriograms, arteriography findings were confirmed during operations. There were found various anatomical relationships in this area, which may be divided into five types: type I. – standard organization occured in 75.6 % of cases; type II. – presence of accessory artery (8.2 %); type III. – variation of hepatic artery origin (7.4 %); type IV. – the anomalous origin of gastroduodenal artery (6.9 %) and type V. – combination of varieties (1.9 %). The most often was the type I that occured in three quaters of cases approximately.