A 53-year-old man, recently diagnosed with gastric cancer, is scheduled to undergo total gastrectomy. During his surgery, the surgeon resects the ligament that connects the greater curvature of the stomach and the spleen. Which of the following arteries is most likely contained in the resected ligament?
- Left gastric artery
- Short gastric arteries
- Hepatic artery
- Splenic artery
- Gastroepiploic artery
Ans:
The ligament that is most likely resected in this scenario is the gastrosplenic ligament, which connects the greater curvature of the stomach to the spleen. The gastrosplenic ligament separates the greater and the lesser sacs laterally. The gastrosplenic ligament contains several structures, including the short gastric arteries and the left gastroepiploic vessels.
