Vascular anatomy of the splenic flexure, focusing on the accessory middle colic artery and vein.
Koji MuronoH MiyakeD HojoH NozawaK KawaiK HataT TanakaT NishikawaY ShunoK SasakiM KanekoS EmotoH IshiiH SonodaS IshiharaPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
The SFV was observed in most patients, and the LCA or AMCA was the common accompanying artery. In some patients these vessels were located on the dorsal side of the pancreas and not below it. Preoperative evaluation of this anatomy may be beneficial for lymph node dissection during left-sided hemicolectomy.