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 |