Anatomy of vasculature of 850 spleen specimens and its application in partial splenectomy

Cadaver Study on the Branching Pattern of the Splenic Artery in a Bangladeshi Population

“…The splenic artery is usually divided into an upper and lower main branches; these are known as the upper lobar and lower lobar artery [2][3][4][9][10][11][12] . Many investigators reported a third terminal branch, known as middle lobar artery 3,4,11 . However, all the lobar branches of the splenic trunk undergo subdivision into segmental branches.…”

“…Katritsis et al 10 stated that splenic artery is divided into two primary splenic branches in 85.7 % of the specimens, and into three primary splenic branches in 14.3 % of the specimens. Liu et al 11 studied 850 specimens of spleen; the splenic artery had a single lobar artery in 0.8%, two lobar arteries in 86%, three lobar arteries in 12.2% and multiple lobar arteries in 1% cases. Sahni et al 12 stated that the splenic artery divided into two lobar branches in 135 out of 156 (80%) male and 35 of 44 (79.5%) female specimens.…”

The Study of Inferior Polar Artery in Adult Human Spleens

“…According to the study done by GarciaLemes, inferior polar artery was found in 55.24% of the specimens [8]. Liu et al, reported the incidence of inferior polar artery to be 38.8% [9]. In a study by Prashant Nashiket Chaware et al , the inferior polar arteries was found in 50.06% of specimens [10].…”

Splenic hilar dissection in the treatment of proximal advanced gastric cancer: what is an adequate strategy?

“…In addition, recently several high-performance energy devices with secure coagulation ability have been available, which enable more accurate dissection with less blood loss even in complex anatomical structures. Another problem which makes splenic hilar dissection embarrassing is the anatomical variation (19). Particularly, for spleenpreserving splenic hilar dissection, in which splenic vessels at the hilum should be skeletonized, its difficulty depends on the anatomical architecture.…”