Open AccessIs a Retroaortic Vein a Risk Factor in Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy?
Author(s) -
Josef Mang,
L. Hennig,
Nadine Biernath,
Lutz Liefeldt,
Anna Bichmann,
Bernhard Ralla,
Andreas Maxeiner,
Robert W. Peters,
Hannes Cash,
Klemens Budde,
Frank Friedersdorff
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
urologia internationalis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0399
pISSN - 0042-1138
DOI - 10.1159/000507642
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , creatinine , urology , surgery , renal vein , kidney transplantation , transplantation , vein , kidney
In living donor transplantation choosing the right donor and donor side for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is a challenging task in clinical practice. Knowledge about anomalies in renal blood supply are crucial to evaluate the feasibility of the operative procedure. Few data so far exist whether the existence of a retroaortic left renal vein has an impact on living kidney transplantation outcome for donor and recipient.