The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 2 , Pages 249-254 , February 2010

Can the gastrocolic trunk of Henle serve as an anatomical landmark in laparoscopic right colectomy? A postmortem anatomical study

  • Dejan Ignjatovic, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vestfold Hospital, Tonsberg, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +47-33-34-20-00; fax: +47-33-34-39-45
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  • Milan Spasojevic, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University North Norway-Narvik Hospital, Narvik, Norway
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  • Bojan Stimec, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, Anatomy Sector, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Institute for Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Received 26 November 2008 ,Revised 13 March 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00245-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.03.010

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 2 , Pages 249-254 , February 2010

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