asmi Forum Hero
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| | 02/06/04 - 03:57 PM  
 
   
 
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What is the surgical consern if a surgeon has to open epiploic foramen ?
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| krsma Forum Elite
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| | 02/08/04 - 04:26 PM  
 
   
 
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3 main things could be severed: Hepatic artery, Portal vein, and the Common Bile Duct. These 3 structures pass between the 2 layers of Foramen of Winslow (epiploic foramen)
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| asmi Forum Hero
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| | 02/08/04 - 05:20 PM  
 
   
 
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thanks....therefore main concern for the surgeon is hepatic artery also IVC comes in its posterior relation
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