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. 2010 Apr-Jun;75(2):38–45.

Table 1.

The prevalence of anatomical variants of the renal arteries, N=402.

Variant n Right renal artery Left renal artery
Typical single renal artery 292 (72.6%) 153 139
Early branching 27 (6.7%) 15 12
Additional renal arteries:
Additional hilar artery 28 (7.0%) 13 15
Superior renal polar artery 19 (4.7%) 6 13
Inferior renal polar artery 35 (8.7%) 13 22
Inferior and superior renal polar arteries 1 (0.3%) 1 0