epigastric artery

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Related to epigastric artery: obturator artery, deep epigastric artery

epigastric artery

The superior or the inferior epigastric artery.

See also: artery

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Blood supply of the abdomen revisited, with emphasis on the superficial inferior epigastric artery.

Abdominal flaps in the management of upper limb defect--our experience

Internal thoracic arteryinferior epigastric artery as a collateral pathway in aortoiliac occlusive disease.

Leriche syndrome in a post-CABG patient

Mary's Medical Center now offer a new breast reconstruction procedure called Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforation (DIEP) flap.

Innovative Breast Reconstruction at St. Mary's Medical Center

No superior epigastric artery injury was seen in both the groups.

Extraction of gallbladder through epigastric port v/s supraumbilical port in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

One patient required laparotomy for ongoing hemodynamic instability and high drain output related to an unrecognized trocar injury to the right inferior epigastric artery.

Complications following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in a prospective Canadian cohort of 305 consecutive cases

The left IMA was harvested as a pedicle from the subclavian vein to just beyond the bifurcation into the superior epigastric artery and musculophrenic arteries, with the aid of diathermy and metal clips.

Effects of papaverine and sodium nitroprusside solution as topical vasodilators for internal mammary artery

The external iliac artery normally gives two named branches; the inferior epigastric artery and the deep circumflex iliac arteries.

Abnormal branch of external iliac artery in the iliac fossa/ Rama anormal de la arteria iliaca externa en la fosa iliaca

In comparison with other arteries, He showed that the RA reactivity is between that of the gastroepiploic artery (representative of the splanchnic arteries, highest reactivity) and that of the coronary and somatic arteries (internal mammary artery and inferior epigastric artery, lowest reactivity).

The radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting: review of current knowledge/Koroner arter cerrahisinde konduit olarak radiyal arter: mevcut literaturun gozden gecirilmesi

The inferior epigastric artery can also be used, but it's more variable in diameter and length than ITA and radial artery grafts.

Used in only 4% of CABG operations; Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts: superior, Underused

However, they may also originate from the renal artery, middle suprarenal artery, one of the lumbar arteries, common or internal iliac artery or the superior epigastric artery.