H shape renal vein anomaly encountered during living donor nephrectomy

Publication date: Available online 2 May 2015 Source:Indian Journal of Transplantation Author(s): Datteswar Hota , Sanjay Choudhuri , Jeevanjyoti Mishra , Sabyasachi Panda Presence of renal vein anomalies can create technical difficulties especially during donor nephrectomy. Three common anomaly are described. These are supernumerary renal vein, retroaortic renal vein and circumaortic renal vein, but there is no literature depicting H-Shaped anomaly of renal vein. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case report of H-Shaped renal vein anomaly found during open donor nephrectomy.
Source: Indian Journal of Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research