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IJAR.2017.375

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Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 5; Issue 4.1 (October 2017)

Page No.: 4463-4468

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2017.375

A STUDY OF RENAL VEINS

Bhanu Sudha Parimala Namburu *.

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, N.R.I Medical College, China kakani, Guntur, District, (AP), India.

Address of Corresponding Author: Dr. N. B. S. Parimala, MBBS, M. D. (Anatomy), Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Balaji Nivas, 48-11/8-8, currency nagar main road, Near swarna Residency Apartments, Vijayawada, Krishna district, (AP), INDIA-520008. Mobile no: 9440791896 E-Mail: nbsparimala @gmail.com 

Abstract 

Introduction: Accessory renal arteries are more frequently reported than veins. Multiple renal veins tend  to be relatively common on the right and quite rare on the left side where as arteries have common incidence on both sides .The configuration patterns of the renal vein tributaries were classified as type IA (one upper and one lower tributary), type IB (type IA plus a posterior tributary); type IIA (more than two tributaries, for example, upper, middle and lower); type IIB (type IIA plus a posterior tributary); type III (any of the above classifications plus another additional vein).

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted during 2010 to2016, in 60 adult embalmed cadavers (60 right and 60 left kidneys) allotted for routine undergraduate dissection. Renal veins and their variations were studied and recorded carefully during dissection of retroperitoneal area.

Observations and Results: In the present study accessory renal veins were seen only on right side.  Additional veins were not observed on left side. Instead, extra hilar formation of left renal vein by the union of 2 or 3 tributaries was observed. Accessory right renal vein was observed in 3 out of 60 kidneys (5%). Extra hilar formation of left renal vein by the union of segmental renal tributaries, left supra renal vein and left gonadal vein was observed in 9 out of 60 kidneys (15%).Left renal vein with Retro aortic course seen in 5 out of 60 (8.3%) and circum aortic course in 2 out of 60 (3.3%) was also observed.

Discussion and Conclusion: Incidence of accessory right renal vein was variable from 33% to as low as 0.3 % in previous studies but in the present study it is 5%. The cause of such variations was explained embryologically owing to the complexity in the development of renal veins along with inferior vena cava. Variations in the renal veins are clinically unpredictable but pose technical difficulty during renal transplantation. Hence the study was undertaken.

Key Words: Accessory Renal Vein, Right Renal Vein, Inferior Vena Cava, Left Renal Vein, Renal Surgery.

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Cite this article: Bhanu Sudha Parimala Namburu. A STUDY OF RENAL VEINS. Int J Anat Res 2017;5(4.1):4463-4468. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2017.375