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Course of the hepatic inferior vena cava in a Kenyan population
Author(s) -
Bundi Karau Paul,
Ogeng'o Julius A.,
Hassanali Jameela,
Odula Paul O.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.20807
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , liver transplantation , vena cava , population , surgery , groove (engineering) , kenya , anatomy , transplantation , law , environmental health , materials science , political science , metallurgy
The course of the hepatic inferior vena cava (HIVC) has a wide range of variations which are relevant in hepato‐vascular surgery and liver transplantation. Eighty livers were studied for hepatic course and axial orientation of the HIVC. The HIVC was found to run in an incomplete tunnel in 43.8% of the cases ( n = 35), complete tunnel in 32.5% of the cases ( n = 26) while in the rest, it was contained in a shallow groove on the retrohepatic surface. It assumed an oblique course in relation to the longitudinal axis of the liver in 60% of the cases ( n = 48). The findings of this study vary to a wide range from those reported previously, and call for extra caution during surgical operations involving the HIVC region. Clin. Anat. 22:610–613, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.