Retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy for retroaortic renal vein draining into left common iliac vein.
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) for both retroaortic and circumaortic veins is described. LDN for left retroaortic vein draining into the common iliac vein (CIV) is not described previously. We report 2 cases of laparoscopic harvesting of left kidney having retroaortic renal vein draining into the left CIV and successful transplantation.
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Pranjal
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Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India. dr_pranjal@yahoo.com
D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012082:Renal Veins; D014019:Tissue Donors