Massive haemorrhage caused by left renal vein ligation

✍ Scribed by T. J. Devine; D. F. Scott; K. A. Myers; R. B. King

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 228 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800670821

✦ Synopsis

Summary

It is common practice to ligate the left renal vein during aortic surgery. Although this does not usually lead to complications we report 2 patients in whom left renal vein ligation caused massive venous congestion of the kidney and major retroperitoneal haemorrhage. Nephrectomy was necessary to control the haemorrhage. In l patient immediate autotransplantation preserved renal function.