2012
Complication Arising from a Duplicated Inferior Vena Cava following Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Case Report
Christakis P, Cimsit B, Kulkarni S. Complication Arising from a Duplicated Inferior Vena Cava following Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings 2012, 44: 1450-1452. PMID: 22664034, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.11.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic living-donor nephrectomyLiving Donor NephrectomyDonor nephrectomyInferior vena cavaVena cavaMultiple emergency room visitsLeft gonadal veinEmergency room visitsEasier surgical approachIntraoperative ligationPostoperative courseFunctioning kidneyGonadal veinRenal veinRoom visitsInferior venaLeft kidneyLikely etiologySurgical approachCase reportRenal vasculatureNephrectomyCavaKidneyPatients
2011
Multidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy
Kulkarni S, Emre S, Arvelakis A, Asch W, Bia M, Formica R, Israel G. Multidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy. Clinical Transplantation 2011, 25: 77-82. PMID: 20070320, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01193.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVenous anatomyVenous phaseMDCT angiographyRenal anatomyCircumaortic renal veinDonor renal transplantationEarly arterial bifurcationLate venous confluenceMultiple arterial anomaliesRight donor nephrectomyIntra-operative findingsMultiple venous anomaliesContrast-enhanced phasesArterial anomaliesRetroaortic veinRenal transplantationDonor nephrectomyMultiple arteriesVenous anomaliesRenal veinVenous confluenceKidney donorsTomography angiographyAnatomical variantsDonor anatomy