[The gastro-phrenic ligament].
The present study was carried out in order to investigate if 1) the gastrophrenic ligament was involved in gastric stabilization, 2) the surface of this ligament might be influenced by fundus distension induced by the first deglutition of the newborn. In a series of 23 subjects (15 adults, 8 foetuses) the surface of the gastrophrenic ligament was expressed in % of the postero-inferior surface of the stomach. The gastrophrenic ligament consisted of loose areolar tissue and its surface was rather small (5,89% +/- 3,8 in adults; 4,3% +/- 1,5 in the foetus). These facts led us to conclude that this ligament did not play a very important role in gastric stabilization. Furthermore the difference between adults and foetuses was not statistically significant; so the surface of the ligament could not have been changed at birth.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology
Contribution à l'etude du ligament gastro-phrenique.