Amongst large number of anatomical variations in the vascularization of the kidney, the most common variation is the occurrence of multiple renal arteries. The arteries play an important role in the circulatory system as they carry a large portion of blood to the kidneys. Due to very high incidence of such variations reported by previous studies, current study was conducted to observe incidence...

BACKGROUND Live kidney donor evaluation mandates anatomical and functional assessment of the donor kidney. Helical computed tomography (CT) with advanced 3-D techniques provides detailed description of the vascular, parenchymal, and collecting system. METHODS We compared the accuracy of helical CT angiography with intra-operative findings in the evaluation of 102 live kidney donors. RESULTS...

OBJECTIVES This case report presents our experience regarding a horseshoe kidney from live donor to be used as a renal transplant. MATERIALS AND METHODS The recipient was a 48-year-old man with chronic renal failure owing to hypertension who had been on hemodialysis for 2 years. The donor was his 43-year-old sister who had an uncomplicated horseshoe kidney with negative results on a urinalysi...

Classically, a single renal artery arising from the abdominal aorta supplies the respective kidney on each side. Near the hilum of the kidney each renal artery divides into anterior and posterior branchs, which in turn divide into segmental arteries supplying the different renal segments. A total of 84 formalin fixed cadavers (73 male and 11 female, 168 kidneys in total) constituted the materia...

Vascular variations and the accidental cutting of veins and arteries potentially create problems during surgery and medical treatment. The surgeon's awareness of a vascular variation in the kidneys is essential during renal surgery and transplantation, color Doppler imaging, gonadal surgery and in the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurism. This awareness can improve the patient's recovery pr...

background: atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (aras) remains underdiagnosed due to its nonspecific demonstrations. we aimed to both estimate the frequency of aras in high-risk non-selected patients undergoing simultaneous coronary and renal catheterization and possibly identify a predictive model for aras using baseline clinical, laboratory, and coronary angiographic variables. methods: the...

To describe a complex case of anomalous kidneys involving right early division renal artery, left accessory bilateral upper polar arteries and extrarenal calyces. This is very rare documented having these four anomalies together. The variations were observed during routine anatomical dissection in male cadaver at department anatomy, Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education & Rese...