A majority of idiopathic varicoceles occur on the left side, because the left testicular vein travels superiorly and connects to the left renal vein ( at a 90-degree angle ), while the right testicular vein drains directly into the inferior vena cava.
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Dr . Freise clamped off the two major vessels attached to it : the renal artery that brings dirty blood into the organ and the renal vein that carries clean blood back out, plus the ureter, the duct that transports urine to my bladder.
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"' Renal vein thrombosis "'( RVT ) is the formation of a clot in the vein that drains blood from the kidneys, ultimately leading to a reduction in the drainage of one or both kidneys and the possible migration of the clot to other parts of the body.
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The purpose of the renal system is to eliminate wastes from the body, regulate blood volume and blood pressure, control levels of electrolytes and metabolites, and regulate blood pH . The kidneys have an extensive blood supply via the renal arteries which leave the kidneys via the renal vein.
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These again unite to form a single vein, the testicular vein, which opens on the right side into the inferior vena cava, at an acute angle, and on the left side into the left renal vein, at a right angle . The pampiniform plexus forms the chief mass of the cord.
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From here, efferent arterioles leaves the glomerulus and divide into peritubular capillaries, which drain into the interlobular veins and then into arcuate vein and then into interlobar vein, which runs into lobar vein, which opens into the segmental vein and which drains into the renal vein, and then from it blood moves into the inferior vena cava.
