• Department of General Surgery Ⅶ, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu Province, China;
ZHAOXin, Email: zhaox@suda.edu.cn
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Objective To evaluate the significance of the accessory left hepatic artery during the procedure of laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Methods Clinical data and imaging data of 120 patients with gastric cancer who underwent laparoscopic radical gastrectomy between January 2014 and June 2015 were retrospectively collected, to summarize the significance of accessory left hepatic artery in laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer, and to summarize the main points during the operation. Results Nine patients (7.5%) had the accessory left hepatic artery in the whole group of 120 patients. Ligation was performed at the beginning of the distal left gastric artery or each branch near the stomach. All patients recovered well postoperatively. There was no significant difference in the total bilirubin, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, and glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase on 3 days before surgery, 1, 3, and 7 days after surgery (P > 0.05). In addition, there was no occurrence of liver abscesses and intrahepatic biloma. Conclusions The incidence of accessory left hepatic artery variation is at a high incidence rate in clinical patients. It needs to be paid attention to protect the accessory left hepatic artery during the laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer, in order to avoid the occurrence of liver abscess and intrahepatic biloma.

Citation: WANG Lin, ZHANG Hai-tao, GU Hai-liang, WAGN Fei, ZHAO Xin. Significance of Accessory Left Hepatic Artery in Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2016, 23(9): 1101-1105. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20160281 Copy

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