2013
CT angiography in potential living kidney donors: 80 kVp versus 120 kVp.
Davarpanah AH, Pahade JK, Cornfeld D, Ghita M, Kulkarni S, Israel GM. CT angiography in potential living kidney donors: 80 kVp versus 120 kVp. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2013, 201: w753-60. PMID: 24147505, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.12.10439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRetrocaval Renal Artery Bifurcation Is Not a Contraindication to Laparoscopic Right Donor Nephrectomy
Gandelman JA, Yoo PS, Kulkarni S. Retrocaval Renal Artery Bifurcation Is Not a Contraindication to Laparoscopic Right Donor Nephrectomy. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2013, 217: 406-411. PMID: 23791562, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDelayed graft functionLaparoscopic donor nephrectomyDonor nephrectomyGraft functionRecipient outcomesExact testRight-sided laparoscopic donor nephrectomyLaparoscopic right donor nephrectomyBifurcation groupComplex arterial anatomyLeft-sided kidneyOutcomes 30 daysRenal artery bifurcationRight donor nephrectomyRight-sided kidneyRight renal arteryLeft-sided nephrectomyCommon anatomic variantFisher's exact testMann-Whitney U testNonbifurcation groupTotal nephrectomyUreteral complicationsComplication rateCreatinine clearance
2011
Multidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy
Kulkarni S, Emre S, Arvelakis A, Asch W, Bia M, Formica R, Israel G. Multidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy. Clinical Transplantation 2011, 25: 77-82. PMID: 20070320, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01193.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVenous anatomyVenous phaseMDCT angiographyRenal anatomyCircumaortic renal veinDonor renal transplantationEarly arterial bifurcationLate venous confluenceMultiple arterial anomaliesRight donor nephrectomyIntra-operative findingsMultiple venous anomaliesContrast-enhanced phasesArterial anomaliesRetroaortic veinRenal transplantationDonor nephrectomyMultiple arteriesVenous anomaliesRenal veinVenous confluenceKidney donorsTomography angiographyAnatomical variantsDonor anatomy