Left Paracolic Gutter Retroperitoneal

A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon.

Left paracolic gutter retroperitoneal.

A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon possesses a short mesentery for part of its length. The left lateral paracolic gutter. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon. The left medial paracolic gutter.

The right lateral paracolic gutter. The right and left paracolic gutters both lies on the lateral side of posterior abdominal wall alongside the ascending and descending colon are the peritoneal recesses. In our case a retroperitoneal hernia was located in the left paracolic gutter lateral to the sigmoid colon. There are two paracolic gutters in a human body.

The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. On the left side the retrorenal plane and the perirenal space extend to the left diaphragm. The left medial paracolic gutter. These types have not been included in the current classification.

Interfascial spread is another method of communication between the abdomen and pelvis and also allows communication across the midline through the retromesenteric plane. The inframesocolic space also contains paracolic gutters which are peritoneal recesses that are inferolateral extensions of their corresponding inframesocolic spaces on the posterior abdominal wall lateral to the ascending and descending colon respectively. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.