Analysis of Intra Renal Arterial Pattern in Kidney Donors using 64-Slice Computed Tomography Angiography
Kumaresan M*1
, Sangeetha A2, Vijayakumar J1, Yuvaraj Maria Francis1, Siva T3 and Balaji K11Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Thandalam, Chennai India.
2Department of Physiology, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Thandalam, Chennai India.
3Department of Anatomy, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and research institute, Chennai, India.
Corresponding Author E-mail: kumaresan1204@gmail.com
Abstract: The renal artery when it reaches close to the hilum of kidney where it cleaves into anterior and posterior divisions were receives around 75% and 25% of blood respectively. Further these branches divide into many segmental branches. These segmental arteries does not have collateral system, so when there is any occlusion of these arteries which results in the ischemia of the particular segment of kidney. Anatomists believe that knowledge of presence of lower polar artery is essential for polar nephrectomy. Prior knowledge of variations in the renal vessels is required for urological surgery for preoperative investigations as there are reports of surgical complications which include enormus haemorrhage. In this study we analyzed the different variations in the intra renal branch of inferior segmental artery.
Keywords: CT Angiogram; Inferior Segmental Artery; Kidney Donors; Nephrectomy; Renal Artery Back to TOC