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Surgical Outcomes of Nutcracker Syndrome: A Single Center Experience

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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Background: Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a rare vascu-lar compression disorder characterized by left renal vein (LRV) entrapment, leading to various clinical manifestations. Aim of Study: The current study aimed to evaluate the sur-gical outcomes of patients with NCS. Material and Methods: A retrospective analysis was con-ducted on 10 patients with NCS who underwent surgical inter-vention at Tanta University Hospitals, Egypt between January 2021 and February 2024. Intraoperative techniques employed varied based on individual findings, including LRV transposi-tion, patch venoplasty, and renocaval bypass grafting. Results: The mean age of the patients was 20.3±3.09 years, with a predominance of males (80%). The mean body mass in-dex was 20.5±2.96kg/m2, and the mean aortomesenteric angle was 24.3±4.14°. Postoperatively, a significant reduction in pain (p<0.001) and hematuria (p=0.010) was observed compared to preoperative levels. Varicocele showed an insignificant differ-ence (60% vs 20%, p=0.169). Improvement was noted in 80% of patients, while 20% experienced postoperative infections. Conclusions: Surgical intervention for NCS demonstrated promising outcomes, with significant alleviation of pain and hematuria in the studied cohort. While varicocele improvement was statistically insignificant, the majority of patients experi-enced overall symptomatic relief.

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10.21608/mjcu.2025.423604

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Nutcracker syndrome, surgical outcomes, Trans-position, Venoplasty, Renocaval bypass

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AHMED I. BADRAN, M.D.*; AHMED I. TAWFEEK, M.D.*; MOHAMED H. ABDELATY, M.D.*;

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WALIED KHEREBA, M.D.** and HOSAM B. BARAKAT, M.D.***

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The Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta* & Al-Azhar** Universities and General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University***

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93

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03

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55142

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2025-03-01

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2025-04-20

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2025-03-01

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439

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444

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0045-3803

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2536-9806

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The Medical Journal of Cairo University

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Surgical Outcomes of Nutcracker Syndrome: A Single Center Experience

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27 Apr 2025