Investigation of Renal Artery Variations with Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography Technique

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 22 - 25, 01.01.2021

Güneş Bolatlı , Mahinur Ulusoy , Mustafa Koplay , Musa Acar , İsmail Zararsız

https://doi.org/10.19127/bshealthscience.806465

Abstract

It is necessary to have a comprehensive knowledge about renal vascular anatomy in order to be able to apply renal surgical
procedures correctly. The renal artery is a pair to feed the right and left kidneys. Its variation is common. In this study, it was aimed to
group the variations and to examine them clinically. Abdominal CT findings of 532 cases examined with MDCT device were included in
the study. Variation was detected in 135 (25.3%) of 532 cases. Of these variations, 95 (17.8%) were early branching and 40 (7.5%)
were extra renal artery variations. The presence of renal artery variation may cause complications in surgical procedures such as
kidney transplantation. Knowing the variations before the intervention to be made in the region will be guiding.

Keywords

Renal artery, Variations, Renal transplantation, Anatomy

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