title: Accessory right hepatic artery and its implications for a surgeon.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Accessory hepatic artery is an incidental finding during hepatobiliary, pancreatic surgery and may be found during hepatic transplantation surgery on angiogram. This artery should be carefully identified & preserved during these surgeries.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of accessory right hepatic artery found incidentally during pancreatico duodenectomy [whippels procedure] identified, dissected carefully & preserved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anomalous hepatic vasculature is a rare incidental finding during hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery. These anomalies or accessory hepatic arteries should be identified, carefully preserved to prevent inadvertent injury, torrential bleeding & hepatic necrosis .preservation of these anomalous vasculature will not compromise oncological margin.
authors.affiliation: M.S. Ramaiah Curie Centre of Oncology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Madhu
authors.affiliation: M.S. Ramaiah Curie Centre of Oncology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harish
keywords: Accessory right hepatic artery; Hepatic necrosis; Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery; Oncological margin