A 26-year-old man undergoes abdominal exploratory operation after sustaining a stab wound in the left upper quadrant. He
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:29 am
A 26-year-old man undergoes abdominal exploratory operation after sustaining a stab wound in the left upper quadrant. He is found to have a laceration of the fundus of the stomach. During mobilization and repair of the stomach, he develops heavy bleeding due to damage to one of the short gastric arteries. The short gastric arteries branch from which of the following arteries?
A. Celiac
B. Left gastric
C. Pancreatic
D. Right gastroepiploic
E> Splenic
A. Celiac
B. Left gastric
C. Pancreatic
D. Right gastroepiploic
E> Splenic