Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate clinical anatomic variations of the left gastric vein brunch by portal venography using 64-row MDCT and to minimize surgical blood loss during laparoscopic gastrectomy. Method and Materials: One hundred and twenty-six consecutive patients of digestive disease were enrolled (82 male; mean age, 66 years; 92 gastric cancer, cancer, 10 gastric GIST, 7 colorectal cancer, and 17 others). Scanning was performed using a 64-row MDCT scanner with a 0.5mm slice thickness and a pitch factor of 0.8 after intravenous injection of contrast medium at a rate of 4.0ml/sec in a total volume of 140ml.
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