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. 2023 Jul 4;15(7):e41380. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41380

Table 2. Number of cases and percentages of hepatic artery variants (n=550).

* Replaced left hepatic artery with accessory right hepatic artery.

† Replaced left hepatic artery associated with CHA that arises from the superior mesenteric artery.

‡ Accessory left hepatic associated with CHA that arises from the superior mesenteric artery.

NOC: Not otherwise classified (in Michele’s classification system)

CHA: common hepatic artery, AA: abdominal aorta

Hepatic artery classification (Michel’s types) Number of cases Percentage
Type I 359 65.3
Type II 44 8.0
Type III 46 8.4
Type IV 15 2.7
Type V 38 6.9
Type VI 11 2.0
Type VII 5 0.9
Type VIII 4 0.7
Type IX 19 3.5
Type X 0 0
Type II with accessory right hepatic artery arising from the celiac trunk (NOC) 1 0.2
Coexistence of Type II and VI (NOC) 2 0.4
Replaced right hepatic artery arises directly from AA; see Figure 3 (NOC) 3 0.5
Coexistence of Type IX and Type II † (NOC) 1 0.2
Coexistence of Type IX and Type V ‡ (NOC) 1 0.2
Accessory right hepatic artery arises directly from the celiac trunk (NOC) 1 0.2