Significance of the Hepatic Falciform Artery

The authors present a case that highlights the anatomy of the hepatic falciform artery and describes its importance. The hepatic falciform artery is an anatomic variant that arises from the hepatic vasculature and provides arterial communication between the abdominal wall and the liver. It is essent...

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Autores principales: Gray, Sanjiv, Ganti, Latha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34466300
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16440
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description The authors present a case that highlights the anatomy of the hepatic falciform artery and describes its importance. The hepatic falciform artery is an anatomic variant that arises from the hepatic vasculature and provides arterial communication between the abdominal wall and the liver. It is essential to identify its presence, especially when surgery or embolization is planned for that area.
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spelling pubmed-83964052021-08-30 Significance of the Hepatic Falciform Artery Gray, Sanjiv Ganti, Latha Cureus General Surgery The authors present a case that highlights the anatomy of the hepatic falciform artery and describes its importance. The hepatic falciform artery is an anatomic variant that arises from the hepatic vasculature and provides arterial communication between the abdominal wall and the liver. It is essential to identify its presence, especially when surgery or embolization is planned for that area. Cureus 2021-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8396405/ /pubmed/34466300 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16440 Text en Copyright © 2021, Gray et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396405/
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