A retrospective study on multiple renal arteries in Turkish population

Abstract

Objectives: Since the urogenital system has a complicated embryological development the congenital anomalies and variations in these structures are common, and their incidence shows social, ethnic and racial difference. Especially the variations in the vascular structure of the kidneys gain importance because of the widespread development in transplantation surgery. This preliminary study is a retrospective archive study on multiple renal arteries, and represents the central Anatolian population. Our main purpose is to determine the incidence of multiple renal arteries in the central Anatolia region, and to evaluate their types.

Methods: Angiographic images of 150 individuals were examined for the study.

Results: The incidence of multiple renal arteries was observed as 42%. This result was a little higher when compared with the other studies on Turkish population, but correlated with general literature.

Conclusion: These results indicate the need of a detailed radiological examination before the surgical approaches.

Keywords

• multiple renal arteries
• variation
• radiology