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Type of Article: Original Research

Year: 2016 | Volume 4 | Issue 2 | Page No. 2192-2195

Date of Publication: 30-04-2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2016.174

BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT PORTAL VEIN: A CADAVERIC STUDY

Lovesh Shukla *¹, Samridhi Puri ².

^*1 Senior Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Haryana 125047, India.

² Post Graduate Student, Department of Anatomy, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Haryana 125047, India.

Address: Prof. Dr. Lovesh Shukla, Senior Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Haryana 125047, India.
E-Mail:drlovesh@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Knowledge of the ramification pattern of the right branch of portal vein is important in right lobectomy and right lobe liver transplant.
Aims and objectives: To find the ramification pattern of right branch of portal vein.
Material and Methods: The study was conducted on 30 formalin fixed liver obtained from adult cadavers from the dissection hall of Department of Anatomy. Right branch of portal vein was exposed by blunt dissection using ‘’finger fracture technique’’ of liver parenchyma along the Cantlie’s plane up to sub-segmental branches.
Results and conclusion: The right branch of portal vein was found to be absent in 23.33% (7 specimens), bifurcated in 33.33% (10 specimens), trifurcated in 40% (12 specimens) and divided into four branches in 3.33% (1 specimen).
Key words: Right branch of portal vein, Ramification pattern, Finger fracture technique, Cantlie’s plane.

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Lovesh Shukla, Samridhi Puri. BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT PORTAL VEIN: A CADAVERIC STUDY. Int J Anat Res 2016;4(2):2192-2195. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2016.174