Urology
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 964-966, May 2008

Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for Retroaortic Renal Vein Draining Into Left Common Iliac Vein

  • Pranjal Modi

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pranjal Modi, M.D., Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad-380 016, Gujarat, India.

Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India

Received 30 September 2007; accepted 19 November 2007. published online 18 February 2008.

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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PII: S0090-4295(07)02489-2

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.104

Urology
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 964-966, May 2008

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