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Figure 1. Course of the replaced left hepatic artery from the left gastric artery and direction of lymph flow. Blue arrows indicate the direction of lymph flow from the left-sided liver and black arrows indicate the direction of lymph flow from the stomach. CEA: celiac axis; CHA: common hepatic artery; SPA: splenic artery; LGA: left gastric artery; R-LHA: replaced left hepatic artery; IVC: inferior vena cava.