03-20-2008, 10:13 AM
A 25-year-old woman is undergoing a nephrectomy in order to donate her kidney to her older sister, who has renal failure. The surgeon accidentally cuts a vein draining into the inferior aspect of the renal vein on the side of the kidney which is to be removed. What is the most likely identity of this vein?
A. Left ovarian vein
B. Left suprarenal vein
C. Right ovarian vein
D. Right suprarenal vein
E. Splenic vein
A. Left ovarian vein
B. Left suprarenal vein
C. Right ovarian vein
D. Right suprarenal vein
E. Splenic vein