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Background Superior mesenteric artery plexus (SMAP) injury is reported to cause postoperative intractable diarrhea after pancreatic/colonic surgery with extended lymphadenectomy. This study aims to describe the SMAP microanatomy and extent of injury after right colectomy with extended D3 mesenterectomy for cancer. Methods Three groups (I) anatomical dissection, (II) postmortem histology, and (III) surgical specimen histology were included. Nerve count and area were compared between groups II and III and paravascular sheath thickness between groups I and II. 3D models were generated through 3D histology, nanoCT scanning, and finally through 3D printing. Results A total of 21 specimens were included as follows: Group (I): 5 (3 females, 80–93 years), the SMAP is a complex mesh surrounding the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), branching out, following peripheral arteries and intertwining between them, (II): 7 (5 females, 71–86 years), nerve count: 53 ± 12.42 (38–68), and area: 1.84 ± 0.50 mm 2  (1.16–2.29), and (III): 9 (5 females, 55–69 years), nerve count: 31.6 ± 6.74 (range 23–43), and area: 0.889 ± 0.45 mm 2  (range 0.479–1.668). SMAP transection injury is 59% of nerve count and 48% of nerve area at middle colic artery origin level. The median values of paravascular sheath thickness decreased caudally from 2.05 to 1.04 mm (anatomical dissection) and from 2.65 to 1.17 mm (postmortem histology). 3D histology models present nerve fibers exclusively within the paravascular sheath, and lymph nodes were observed only outside. NanoCT-derived models reveal oblique nerve fiber trajectories with inclinations between 35° and 55°. Two 3D-printed models of the SMAP were also achieved in a 1:2 scale. Conclusion SMAP surrounds the SMA and branches within the paravascular sheath, while bowel lymph nodes and vessels lie outside. Extent of SMAP injury on histological slides (transection only) was 48% nerve area and 59% nerve count. The 35°–55° inclination range of SMAP nerves possibly imply an even larger injury when plexus excision is performed (lymphadenectomy). Reasons for later improvement of bowel function in these patients can lie in the interarterial nerve fibers between SMA branches.

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Reconstructing topography and extent of injury to the superior mesenteric artery plexus in right colectomy with extended D3 mesenterectomy: a composite multimodal 3-dimensional analysis