Renal Lobulation—A Benign Macroanatomical Variation?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lobulation | ||||
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Absent | Present | |||
Length, cm | Mean (SD) | 10.29 (0.61) | 9.89 (0.6) | |
Median (IQR) | 10 (1) | 10 (1) | ||
Width, cm | Mean (SD) | 5.14 | 5.16 | |
Median (IQR) | 5 (1) | 5 (1) | ||
Vascular anomalies | Absent | Count (%) | 26 (66.7) | 13 (33.3) |
95% CI | 51.1, 79.9 | 20.1, 48.9 | ||
Present | Count (%) | 12 (80.0) | 3 (20.0) | |
95% CI | 55.6, 94.0 | 6.0, 44.4 | ||
Number of major calyces | Two | Count (%) | 13 (34.2) | 2 (12.5) |
95% CI | 20.7, 50.0 | 2.7, 34.4 | ||
Three | Count (%) | 17 (44.7) | 12 (75.0) | |
95% CI | 29.8, 60.4 | 50.9, 90.9 | ||
Four | Count (%) | 8 (21.1) | 2 (12.5) | |
95% CI | 10.5, 35.8 | 2.7, 34.4 | ||
Sex | Female | Count (%) | 14 (73.7) | 5 (26.3) |
95% CI | 51.6, 89.2 | 10.8, 48.4 | ||
Male | Count (%) | 24 (68.6) | 11 (31.4) | |
95% CI | 52.2, 82.0 | 18.0, 47.8 | ||
Polar artery | Absent | Count (%) | 32 (82.1) | 7 (17.9) |
95% CI | 68.0, 91.6 | 8.4, 32.0 | ||
Present | Count (%) | 6 (40.0) | 9 (60.0) | |
95% CI | 18.8, 64.7 | 35.3, 81.2 | ||
Position of the anatomical structures (vein, artery, pelvis) | Abnormal | Count (%) | 19 (70.4) | 8 (29.6) |
95% CI | 51.8, 84.9 | 15.1, 48.2 | ||
Normal | Count (%) | 19 (70.4) | 8 (29.6) | |
95% CI | 51.8, 84.9 | 15.1, 48.2 | ||
Kidney | Right | Count (%) | 15 (65.2) | 8 (34.8) |
95% CI | 44.9, 82.0 | 18.0, 55.1 | ||
Left | Count (%) | 23 (74.2) | 8 (25.8) | |
95% CI | 57.1, 87.0 | 13.0, 42.9 |
Variables in the Equation | |||||||||
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B | S.E. | Wald | df | Sig. | Exp(B) | 95% C.I. for EXP(B) | |||
Lower | Upper | ||||||||
Step 1 | Polar artery | 1.93 | 0.67 | 8.2 | 1 | 0.004 | 6.86 | 1.84 | 25.61 |
Constant | −1.52 | 0.42 | 13.27 | 1 | <0.001 | 0.22 | |||
Step 2 | Kidney length | −1.85 | 0.7 | 6.92 | 1 | 0.009 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.62 |
Polar artery | 2.64 | 0.83 | 10.24 | 1 | 0.001 | 14.01 | 2.78 | 70.56 | |
Constant | 16.87 | 6.92 | 5.94 | 1 | 0.015 | 21,153,792.17 |
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Covantsev, S.; Arnaut, O.; Mulaeva, K.; Belic, O. Renal Lobulation—A Benign Macroanatomical Variation? Anatomia 2023, 2, 336-345. https://doi.org/10.3390/anatomia2040030
Covantsev S, Arnaut O, Mulaeva K, Belic O. Renal Lobulation—A Benign Macroanatomical Variation? Anatomia. 2023; 2(4):336-345. https://doi.org/10.3390/anatomia2040030
Chicago/Turabian StyleCovantsev, Serghei, Oleg Arnaut, Karina Mulaeva, and Olga Belic. 2023. "Renal Lobulation—A Benign Macroanatomical Variation?" Anatomia 2, no. 4: 336-345. https://doi.org/10.3390/anatomia2040030
APA StyleCovantsev, S., Arnaut, O., Mulaeva, K., & Belic, O. (2023). Renal Lobulation—A Benign Macroanatomical Variation? Anatomia, 2(4), 336-345. https://doi.org/10.3390/anatomia2040030