Course of the hepatic inferior vena cava in a Kenyan population

dc.contributor.author	Odula, Paul Ochieng'
dc.contributor.author	Bundi, KP
dc.contributor.author	Ogeng'o, Julius A
dc.contributor.author	Hassanali, J
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-04T08:46:32Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-04T08:46:32Z
dc.date.issued	2009-07
dc.identifier.citation	Clin Anat.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/15294
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19484803
dc.description.abstract	The course of the hepatic inferior vena cava (HIVC) has a wide range of variations which are relevant in hepato-vascular surgery and liver transplantation. Eighty livers were studied for hepatic course and axial orientation of the HIVC. The HIVC was found to run in an incomplete tunnel in 43.8% of the cases (n = 35), complete tunnel in 32.5% of the cases (n = 26) while in the rest, it was contained in a shallow groove on the retrohepatic surface. It assumed an oblique course in relation to the longitudinal axis of the liver in 60% of the cases (n = 48). The findings of this study vary to a wide range from those reported previously, and call for extra caution during surgical operations involving the HIVC region.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 22(5):610-3.2009;
dc.title	Course of the hepatic inferior vena cava in a Kenyan population	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Human Anatomy	en