Morphometric analysis of celiac trunk and branches by multidetector ct angiography technique

Knowledge of the vascular anomalies has great importance in modern surgery, radiology and organ transplant procedures. The vascular variations may cause serious complications during these process. Multidetector computed tomography is an excellent imaging technique that it is a fast and non-invasive tool provides highly accurate and detailed evaluation of normal vascular anatomy and variants. In this study aimed to morphometric evaluation the celiac trunk and its branches of adults and investigate its possible variations using multidetector computed tomography. In the research 104 images was analyzed retrospectively who underwent abdominal multidetector computed tomography for various reasons in Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty Hospital. The mean age 62.5 ± 11.75 in males (n=52) in women 60 ± 10.1 (n=52) were identified as. Abdominal aorta, celiac trunk, splenic artery, common hepatic artery and left gastric artery diameter measurments were found large statistically significant at men compared with women (p<0.05) in our morphometric evaluation. The types of variation and the distribution was found in the following way: A normal celiac trunk formed from the splenic, common hepatic and left gastric arteries were present in 97 (93%) of patients. Of the patients with normal type of celiac trunk, 3 (2.9%) had a 4th branch of celiac trunk. 33 (31.8%) cases were reported as the first branch of left gastric artery from celiac trunk. In addition, gastrosplenic trunk 3 (2.9%), hepatosplenic trunk 3 (2.9%) and coeliomesenteric trunk 1 (0.96%) cases were detected. The results of our study were consistent with the literature. A detailed knowledge of the abdominal angioarchitecture that whether normal or variant, is thus considered a prerequisite for successful, uncomplicated abdominal surgeries and interventional radiological procedures. Therefore, should be always considered the anatomy and variations of celiac trunk and branches in clinical studies, angiographic procedures and surgical interventions.