Cattell-Braasch Maneuver: A Gadget to Manipulate Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient with a Left-Sided Inferior Vena Cava

Figure 1

Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and left-sided inferior vena cava. (a) Computed tomography revealed that the inferior vena cava ran left to the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The AAA was 50 mm in diameter. (b) The left-sided inferior vena cava crossed the aortic neck anteriorly after receiving the left renal vein at the level of the bilateral renal arteries and ran right to the aorta in the normal position.

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