Anatomy & Cell Biology

Table 4

Comparison of frequency of coeliac trunk variations between previous and present study

Author	Country	Total sample (n)	Type of study	Trifurcation (%)		Bifurcation (%)	Tetrafurcation (%)	Absent (%)
Author	Country	Total sample (n)	Type of study	Classical	Atypical	Bifurcation (%)	Tetrafurcation (%)	Absent (%)
Srivastava et al. [24]	India	50	CT scan	8	-	28	36	4
Panagouli et al. [21]	-	12,196	Review article	89.42	-	7.40	-	0.38
Torres et al. [26]	Poland	1,569	CT scan	92.7	-	2.4	-	0.1
Santos et al. [23]	-	-	Systemic review	75	-	66.7	8.33	41.7
Sureka et al. [25]	India	600	MDCT	91	4	0.82	-	-
Mburu et al. [20]	Kenya	123	Cadavers	61.7	-	17.9	-	-
Chitra [18]	India	50	Cadavers	40	-	0.06	-	0
Venieratos et al. [27]	Caucasus	77	Cadavers	74	16.9	1.3	-	2.6
Pinal-Garcia et al. [22]	Mexico	140	Cadavers	7.1	36.4	7.1	12.9	0
Juszczak et al. [19]	Poland	50	Cadavers	16	66	-	-	-
Present study	Eastern India	58	Cadavers	65.51	0	12.07	22.41	0

CT scan, computed tomography scan; MDCT, multi-detector computed tomography.