A review of the anatomy and clinical significance of adrenal veins

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1253-1263

  Cesmebasi, Alper ^a   Du Plessis, Maira ^a   Iannatuono, Mark ^a   Shah, Sameer ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Loukas, Marios ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adrenal variation; adrenal vein thrombosis; adrenal venous sampling; adrenalectomy complications; embryology; portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENAL VEIN; ADRENALECTOMY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; DISSECTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCISION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS CIRCULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; INJURIES; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; RENAL VEINS; VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84908242096     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22374     Document Type: Review

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