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Duplicated Inferior Vena Cava—Something to Consider in the Evaluation of a Living-Donor Renal Transplant

✍ Scribed by Peter T. Kennealey; Reza F. Saidi; James F. Markmann; Dicken S.C. Ko; Tatsuo Kawai; Heidi Yeh

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 125 KB
Volume: 38
Category: Article
ISSN: 0090-2934
DOI: 10.1002/dat.20363

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Abstract

Congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava are rare and usually of no clinical significance. The presence of a duplicated inferior vena cava (D‐IVC) has an incidence rate ranging from 0.3% to 3% and is a result of an embryological misadventure. Typically, the primitive cardinal veins come together and, along with the regression of the left supracardinal vein, leave a solitary, right‐sided vena cava. Here we review the relevant anatomy and clinical significance of a D‐IVC and present a case of successful laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in a patient with this anomaly.

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