Zirui He, Chunkang Yang, Dechang Diao, Deqing Wu, Abe Fingerhut, Yueming Sun, Yuan Gao, Nan Wang, Ang Li, Weidong Tong, Peirong Ding, Yi Xiao, Xiaojun Zhou, Zhangfa Song, Su Yan, Hongwei Yao, Wenjian Meng, Kejian Huang, Donglei Zhou, Anlong Zhu, Hao Wang, Yiming Zhou, Xinxiang Li, Liang Kang, Xuan Zhao, Hao Su, Minhua Zheng, Kai Ye, Quan Wang, Yincong Guo, Yun Lu, Bo Feng
BACKGROUND: Recent interest in laparoscopic right colectomy with D3 lymphadenectomy for right colon cancer, has raised renewed attention to the anatomic variations of the gastrocolic trunk of Henlé (GTH). Understanding the vascular structure of the GTH region for individual patients should improve surgical outcomes. The goal of this nationwide multicenter study (Anatomical Classification of Henlé's Trunk in Laparoscopic Right Hemi-colectomy (HeLaRC) trial) was to study the anatomic patterns of the GTH region, to clarify the implications of GTH in laparoscopic right colectomy with D3 lymphadenectomy (D3-RC) and analyze their clinical significance...
August 2022: International Journal of Surgery