The left gutter runs between the descending colon and the abdominal wall and just like the right gutter empties into the lower abdomen and pelvic area.
Left lateral gutter.
In posterolateral gutter fusion surgery.
The left lateral paracolic gutter.
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 angle is observed as a downward indentation between the left or right diaphragm and adjacent chest wall.
The left lateral paracolic gutter is on the left side of the abdominal cavity between the outer wall of the descending colon and posterior abdominal wall.
The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.
Both arms raised above the head preventing superimposition over the chest.
The posterolateral gutter fusion is considered by many surgeons as the tried and true method of spinal fusion.
The patient is prone and the incision is made overlying the vertebrae.
The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.
Costophrenic angle is located on posterior and lateral side of the lower chest wall where diaphragm meets lower rib cage.
Sometimes this type of fusion procedure may be referred to as a gutter fusion or the placement of the bone graft referred to as in the gutters these procedures allow for posterior column fusion through a posterior posterolateral or lateral transverse approach.
Left shoulder placed firmly against the image receptor.
The left medial paracolic gutter.
Left side of the thorax adjacent to the image receptor.
The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.
The lateral gutter drive through visualized during diagnostic arthroscopy is described as entering of the arthroscope into the posterolateral compartment through the interval between the popliteal tendon and the lateral femoral condyle.
The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.
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.
In spinal fusion surgery the doctor implants either a device or bone material to help re stabilize the spine.
Costophrenic angle is observed on plain x ray on right and left side.
This gutter is however much smaller because it is restricted at the top by the phrenicocolic ligament or the ligament supporting the top left edge of the colon.
The device is often a type of cage that mimics the build of a damaged disc.