Study of celiac artery variations and related surgical techniques in gastric cancer

Table 1 Hepatic artery categories of 238 patients with gastric cancer (according to Hiatt’s classification criteria) n (%)

Hiatt’s classification	In Hiatt’s study	In this study	χ2value	P value
I	757 (75.70)	170 (71.43)	1.865	0.172
II	97 (9.70)	33 (13.87)	3.549	0.060
III	106 (10.60)	14 (5.88)	4.888	0.027
IV	23 (2.30)	7 (2.94)	0.334	0.563
V	15 (1.50)	6 (2.52)	0.668	0.414
VI	2 (0.20)	0 (0.00)	0.000	1.000
Others	0 (0.00)	8 (3.36)	27.831	0.000
In total	1000 (100.00)	238 (100.00)

The remaing eight cases of abnormal hepatic artery were: three cases of left or right hepatic artery deriving directly from the common hepatic artery, two cases of left or right hepatic artery deriving directly from the celiac trunk, and one case of complicated variation: the common hepatic artery derived from the superior mesenteric artery, and the left gastric and splenic arteries derived from the abdominal aorta, respectively.