hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunk hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunk the hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunk are branches of the anterior vagal trunk that provide parasympathetic innervation the liver,: 499 and gallbladder.: 266 each anterior vagal trunk (which is sometimes doubled or tripled) issues 1-2 hepatic branches which run in the superior part of the omentum minus to join the hepatic (nervous) plexus: 250–252 before proceeding to the porta hepatis.: 262 hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunkdetailsfromanterior vagal trunkidentifierslatinrami hepatici trunci vagalis anterioris,rami hepatici nervi vagita98a14.2.01.177ta26677fma6666anatomical terms of neuroanatomy clinical significance selective vagotomy of the anterior vagal trunk can be performed distal to the hepatic branch (in conjunction with sectioning the posterior vagal trunk distal to its coeliac branches) to curb gastric secretion, however, this often results in gastric stasis (to avoid this complication, a highly selective vagotomy that sections only branches to the gastric fundus and body may be performed instead).: 252