Intra herapic Dist ribution of the Proper llepaiie Artery and Subsegmentatıon of the tıver in Man

This study was caried out to determine the intrahepatic distributıon of the proper hepatit artery by using plastic enjection and corrosion casting methods. It was observed that the main lobar fissure, whic functional divided the liver int() right and left lobes, didn't correspond to the line that is defined based on the surface features and the main lobar fıssure correspond to the line extendıng from gal! bladcler to the fossa for the inferior vena cava. At the origin of the caudate lobe arteries and in seven fifteen casis (46.66%) of arterıal systems, which could be evaluated at the segmentation level, slight and marked size variations were observed. This results showed that it will be useful to establish the necessary precautions preoperatively because there might be subsegmental variations.