A clinically relevant classification of rouvière's sulcus used in the West Indies

Abstract

Rouvière's sulcus is an important intra-operative landmark for laparoscopic surgeons. However, there are numerous definitions and classification systems for Rouvière's sulcus in medical literature. We propose a uniform definition and classification system to be used by researchers so that we can make meaningful comparisons of data.

Keywords

• rouvière's sulcus
• liver
• laparoscopic
• anatomic landmark
• fissure