title: [Does the phrenico-gastric ligament exist?].
abstract: On thirty cadaveric dissections, we studied the so-called "phreno-gastric" ligament. In fact, it appears that there is an adhesion between the fundus and the posterior wall in only 60 % of the cases. This adhesion is always very loose, easily cleaved and in no case is there a real fibrous suspensory ligament. Moreover, in 40 % of the cases, the posterior surface of the fundus is entirely covered by peritoneum and is free in the bursa omentalis. In that case, the posterior surface of the stomach is connected with the diaphragm by a very short meso extending on the right to the meso esophagus and on the left to the gastrosplenic ligament.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Le ligament phrénico-gastrique existe-t-il?