Left renal vein transposition

Abstract

Nutcracker syndrome caused by aorto-mesenteric compression of the left renal vein can be treated with surgical transposition. A review of this treatment was carried out at the Instituto de Previsión Social. Two women aged fifteen and twenty-six, who had low back pain and hematuria, were identified. They were discharged on the fourth and fifth postoperative day. The patients showed no symptoms after five and nine months of follow-up.