Coexistence of aberrant left hepatic artery and duplicated left gastric artery: a potential surgical pitfall
Masayuki Urabe MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Contribution: Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorShusuke Haruta MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Contribution: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMasaki Ueno MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Contribution: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMasayuki Urabe MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Contribution: Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorShusuke Haruta MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Contribution: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMasaki Ueno MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Contribution: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
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