Left-sided inferior vena cava found incidentally during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: Report of three cases

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 542-544

  Simforoosh, Nasser ^a   Beigi, Faramarz M A ^a   Aminsharifi, Alireza ^a   Shayaninasab, Hamid ^a   Mehrabi, S ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEFT SIDED INFERIOR VENA CAVA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 34249887904     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0340     Document Type: Article

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