Fig. 1From: Ligation of left gastric vein may cause delayed gastric emptying after pancreatoduodenectomy: a retrospective studyFour running patterns of the left gastric vein. Yellow and green arrowheads point to the left gastric veins. The running patterns indicated by the yellow arrowheads were more frequently ligated than the patterns indicated with green arrowheads. LGV, left gastric vein; CHA, common hepatic artery; SpA, splenic artery; DGA, duodenal gastric artery; PHA, proper hepatic artery; PV, portal vein; SpV, splenic vein; SMV, superior mesenteric veinBack to article page