Background: Caterpillar hump of the right hepatic artery is a rare variation increasing the risk
of vascular and biliary injuries during hepatobiliary surgery. The aim of this study is to record …

Background: The spleen is the largest secondary immune organ in the body. Knowledge
regarding the normal splenic vascular anatomy and its anatomical variants is crucial in the …

Introduction: The knowledge of anatomy is essential for surgical safety and impacts
positively on patients' outcomes. Surgeons operating on the liver and bile ducts should keep …

Introduction Tortuous course of right hepatic artery, also known as Moynihan's hump or
caterpillar hump is a rare but important anomaly to be recognized to prevent intraoperative …

During the dissection of 27 cadavers, the authors observed a common hepatic artery in a 75-
year-old man trifurcating into hepatic artery proper, gastroduodenal artery and accessory …

Aim: This study aimed to dissect human cadavers and postmortem specimens and to
examine the variations of the hepatic artery system. Materials and Method: This study was …

Celiac artery shows frequent variations in its branching pattern. Knowledge of its possible
variations is useful in gastric, pancreatic and hepato-biliary surgeries. During our dissection …

Variant vascular pattern affecting the hepatic artery is well documented. We here report a
case of trifurcated hepatic artery proper associated with abnormal course, branching and …

Background: Ligation of cystic artery is important surgical step involving gallbladder and
hepatobiliary surgery. Right hepatic artery may come very close to gallbladder & cystic duct …

This report describes the concurrent vascular and ductal variations of the hepatobiliary
system. The right hepatic artery arose directly from the common hepatic artery, passed …