“VARIANT ANATOMY OF THE ILIAC VENOUS SYSTEM: A STUDY LINKED WITH LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REDUCTION AND PELVIC SURGERIES”

Abstract

Background: Haemorrhage, whether retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal, is one of the most unwanted complications in any laparoscopic hernia reduction surgery or pelvic surgery, thus making variant anatomy of iliac venous system important as intraoperative injury to these venous channels can be one of its major causes. To study the existing communications betwe Aims and objectives: en the external and internal iliac venous system and perform its morphometric analysis. 24 formalin xed human hemi pelvises were di Material and Methods: ssected, internal (IIV) and external iliac veins (EIV) along with their tributaries were identied. Major venous anomalous communications were noted and measured accordingly. Results: 33.33% of all the observed pelvic halves had major anomalous venous communications between EIV and IIV. Knowledge Conclusion: anatomy of the pelvic venous system is vital to a surgeon especially in laparoscopic surgeries and even in the post-operative outcome of the patient.