Course of the hepatic inferior vena cava in a Kenyan population.
The course of the hepatic inferior vena cava (HIVC) has a wide range of variations which are relevant in hepato-vascular surgery and liver transplantation. Eighty livers were studied for hepatic course and axial orientation of the HIVC. The HIVC was found to run in an incomplete tunnel in 43.8% of the cases (n = 35), complete tunnel in 32.5% of the cases (n = 26) while in the rest, it was contained in a shallow groove on the retrohepatic surface. It assumed an oblique course in relation to the longitudinal axis of the liver in 60% of the cases (n = 48). The findings of this study vary to a wide range from those reported previously, and call for extra caution during surgical operations involving the HIVC region.
Bundi
Karau Paul
KP
Department of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. pbkarau@gmail.com
Ogeng'o
Julius A
JA
Hassanali
Jameela
J
Odula
Paul O
PO
D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000033:anatomy & histology*