title: Retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy for retroaortic renal vein draining into left common iliac vein.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India. dr_pranjal@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Pranjal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Modi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012082:Renal Veins; D014019:Tissue Donors