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Table 2 The bifurcation pattern of SA/SSA from RHA

From: Surgical anatomy of the right hepatic artery in Rouviere’s sulcus evaluated by preoperative multidetector-row CT images

Typical form

75 (60.5 %)

Atypical form

43 (34.7 %)

 

SA/SSA separately branched off before main bifurcation of Aant and Apost

 

24 (19.4 %)

  

A5

  

2

  

A6 or A6a

  

11

  

A7

  

4

  

A8 or A8a or A8c

  

7

 

Trifurcarion of RHA

 

18 (14.5 %)

  

A5 + A8 + Apost

  

4

  

A8a + A8c + Apost

  

5

  

Aant + A6 + A7

  

9

 

Simultaneous ramification of RHA to four branches

 

1 (0.8 %)

  

A6 + A7 + A8a + A8c

  

1

Unclear form (because of cancer invasion)

6 (4.8 %)

  1. SA/SSA segmental or subsegmental arteries, RHA right hepatic artery, Aant and Apost anterior and posterior hepatic artery, SA/SSA segmental or subsegmental arteries, A5, 6, 7 and 8 segmental artery supplying segment V, VI, VII and VIII, respectively, A6a, A8a and A8c subsegmental artery suppling ventral segment VI, ventral segment VIII and dorsal segment VIII, respectively