Anatomy and anatomical variations of adrenal veins and its application to adrenal venous sampling.
Adrenal gland
Adrenal vein
Adrenal venous sampling
Anatomy
Journal
Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA
ISSN: 1279-8517
Titre abrégé: Surg Radiol Anat
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8608029
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Mar 2024
01 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
30
06
2023
accepted:
23
02
2024
medline:
2
3
2024
pubmed:
2
3
2024
entrez:
1
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Our aim was to study the anatomy of the left and right main adrenal veins (LAV and RAV) and to identify their anatomical variations in order to see the practical application of these findings to adrenal venous sampling (AVS). Our work is based on dissection of 80 adrenal glands from fresh corpses in the forensic medicine department. We studied the number, the drainage, the direction and the level of termination of the main adrenal veins. The average length of the LAV was 21 mm. It ended in 100% of cases at the upper edge of the left renal vein with a mean connection angle of 70° and after an anastomosis with the lower phrenic vein in 36 cases(90%). The average length of the RAV was 9 mm. It ended in 100% of cases at the level of the retro hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) mainly on its posterior face in 21 cases (53%) and on its right lateral border in 18 cases (45%). The mean angle of the RAV in relation to the vertical axis of the IVC was 40°, with extremes ranging from 15° to 90°. AVS seems to be easier on the left than on the right side because of the greater length of the adrenal vein (21 mm vs. 9 mm) and a greater angle of connection (70° with the left renal vein vs. 40° with the IVC), which explains the lower success rate of cannulation and the more frequent occurrence of blood sample contamination on the right side.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38429406
doi: 10.1007/s00276-024-03331-y
pii: 10.1007/s00276-024-03331-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature.
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