A 62-year-old man undergoes emergency laparotomy for hepatic hemorrhage with BP 92/58, HR 118/min, RR 22/min. Intraoperative ultrasound confirms active bleeding from the right hepatic artery. To achieve hemostasis, the surgeon places a finger through the opening posterior to the hepatoduodenal ligament. The patient denies prior abdominal surgery. Which of the following structures forms the posterior boundary of this anatomical opening?
- A)First part of duodenum
- B)Hepatogastric ligament
- C)Portal triad
- D)Caudate lobe of liver
- E)Inferior vena cavaGABARITO
Explicação
The epiploic foramen connects the greater and lesser sacs. Its anterior boundary is the hepatoduodenal ligament containing the portal triad, and its posterior boundary is the inferior vena cava. Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →