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The accessory renal arteries: A systematic review with meta-analysis.
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- The accessory renal arteries: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Pooled it
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- A partially duplicated left ovarian vein bisected by the left renal artery: Hypothesized embryologic origins and clinical implications.Urology case reports · 2026Article
- The Prevalence of Variations in the Morphology of Renal Arteries in the North Indian Population.Cureus · 2026Article
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Characteristics and Target Organ Effects in Hypertensive Children With Renal Artery Variations.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Article
- Visceral arterial disease: imaging features and pattern-based evaluation on CT angiography.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- Extreme Variability of the Kidney Hilar Architecture: A Radioanatomical Map to Guide Surgical Approaches.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Multiple Renal Vessels: The Anatomical Variants with Clinical Implications in Renal Interventions and Hypertension.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Accessory renal arteries in prenatal hydronephrosis as a pathophysiologic contributor or incidental vascular finding: a prospective observational study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
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- Feasibility of 3D vascular reconstruction for preoperative planning in robotic living donor nephrectomy: a retrospective pilot study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Simultaneous Occurrence of Two Renal Artery Variations in a Single Potential Kidney Donor.Case reports in radiology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Accessory Renal Arteries in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using Anatomical Quality Assurance (AQUA) Checklist.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Prevalence of variants in gonadal vessels: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Anatomy & cell biology · 2025Article
- Renal Artery Perforation During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.JACC. Case reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation of kidney oxygenation monitoring with near infrared spectroscopy in preterm neonates: kidney location, depth, and laterality differences.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Observational
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- Challenging arterial patterns of renal and testicular arteries in a human cadaver: clinical significance and embryological bases revisited.Anatomy & cell biology · 2025Article
- A Rare Arterial Variant Combining Hepatosplenic and Gastromesenteric Trunks With Bilateral Accessory Renal Arteries.Cureus · 2025Article
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Abstract
The accessory renal arteries (ARAs) are a well-described variant of the renal vasculature with clinical implications for radiologists, surgeons, and clinicians. The aim of the present systematic review with meta-analysis was to estimate the pooled prevalence of ARAs, including their variant number, origin, and termination, and to highlight symmetrical and asymmetrical morphological patterns. The systematic review used four online databases in accordance with PRISMA 2020 and Evidence-based Anatomy Workgroup guidelines. R programming software was used for the statistical meta-analysis. A total of 111 studies were considered eligible for our initial aim. The typical renal artery (RA) anatomy (a single bilateral vessel) was identified in 78.92%; the overall ARA prevalence was estimated at a pooled prevalence of 21.10%. The estimated pooled prevalence of one, two, three, and four ARAs were 18.67%, 1.80%, 0.01%, and <0.01%. The ARAs have been the subject of extensive research owing to their clinical importance, including in kidney transplantation surgery and resistant hypertension therapy. Knowledge of the typical and variant anatomy of RAs is essential for anatomists, radiologists, surgeons, and clinicians in order to avoid misunderstanding, complications, and iatrogenic injury.
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