Quick Facts
Origin: Within the right portion of the liver.
Course: Runs posterosuperior through the right half of the liver to drain directly into the inferior vena cava.
Tributaries: None.
Drainage: Right portion of the liver.
Origin
The right hepatic vein originates within the right portion of the liver, between the medial and lateral sectors.
Course
The right hepatic vein travels posterosuperior through the right portal fissure of the liver to drain directly into the inferior vena cava near the caudate lobe of the liver (Standring, 2016).
Tributaries
There are no named tributaries.
Structures Drained
The right hepatic vein drains the entirety of segments VI and VII and a portion of segments V and VIII, depending on the drainage that passes into the middle hepatic vein (Tani et al., 2016).
List of Clinical Correlates
- Liver transplantation
- Hepatic resections
References
Standring, S. (2016) Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. Gray's Anatomy Series 41 edn.: Elsevier Limited.
Tani, K., Shindoh, J., Akamatsu, N., Arita, J., Kaneko, J., Sakamoto, Y., Hasegawa, K. and Kokudo, N. (2016) 'Venous drainage map of the liver for complex hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation', HPB (Oxford), 18(12), pp. 1031-1038.
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Hepatic Vein
The hepatic vein is composed of three major tributaries (right, middle, and left intrahepatic branches) and drains blood flow from the right, left, and quadrate lobes into the inferior vena cava.
