Anatomic illustration of the portal triad: the common hepatic artery is generally located to the patient's left of the bile duct; the portal vein is located posterior to both the common bile duct and the common hepatic artery.
Reproduced with permission from: Schulick RD. Hepatobiliary anatomy. In: Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, 5th ed, Mulholland MW, Lillemoe KD, Doherty GM, et al (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2011. Copyright © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (
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