title: Investigations on renal vascularisation pathology in the Polish population. 1. Incidence of multiple kidney arteries.
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of multiple kidney arteries in the Polish population.
  
  
  
  The study group comprised 924 deceased patients aged between 1 month and 94 years (mean age: 63.4 ± 22.4 years) who were subject to aortonephrography and sample preparation. The ratio of male to female patients was 479:445.
  
  
  
  Multiple kidney arteries were observed in 44.8% male and 31.5% female patients (p = 0.004). Considering male patients, right multiple kidney arteries were diagnosed in 24.4%, and left multiple kidney arteries in 31.3% of cases (p = 0.017). In female patients, right multiple kidney arteries were observed in 17.8% of cases, and left multiple kidney arteries in 19.6% of cases (p = 0.49).
  
  
  
  The incidence of multiple kidney arteries in the Polish population is a frequent phenomenon, and should be considered in case of urological surgery and kidney transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathomorphology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland, Poland. hsosnik@kn.pl.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sośnik
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sośnik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Polish population; aortonephrography; multiple kidney arteries