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Additional renal veins: Incidence and morphometry
Author(s) -
Satyapal K. S.,
Rambiritch V.,
Pillai G.
Publication year - 1995
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.980080109
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , anatomy , optics , physics
Modern surgical and radiological techniques dictate a reappraisal and definition of the renal venous anatomy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and morphometry of additional renal veins. One hundred fifty‐three morphologically normal en bloc renal specimens were randomly selected from post‐mortem examinations. Single additional renal veins were common on the right side (26%), while it was rare on the left side (2.6%). Second additional renal veins occurred infrequently on the right side (5%). Since additional renal veins may be encountered more than occasionally, it is worthwhile emphasizing their presence particularly to the transplant surgeon and the angiologist. © 1995 WiIey‐Liss, Inc.