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World J Radiol. Oct 28, 2026; 18(10): 127348
Published online Oct 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.127348
Aberrant renal vessels crossing the ureter and the ureteropelvic junction: A retrospective computed tomography-based analysis of non-obstructed population
Ioannis Paschopoulos, George Triantafyllou, Daniel Gondorf, Nikolaos-Achilleas Arkoudis, Georgios Velonakis, Chrysovalantis Mariorakis, Christos Lyrtzis, Kostis Gyftopoulos, Maria Piagkou
Ioannis Paschopoulos, George Triantafyllou, Daniel Gondorf, Chrysovalantis Mariorakis, Maria Piagkou, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Attikí, Greece
Nikolaos-Achilleas Arkoudis, Georgios Velonakis, Research Unit of Radiology and Medical Imaging, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 115 28, Attikí, Greece
Christos Lyrtzis, Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Kentrikí Makedonía, Greece
Kostis Gyftopoulos, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patra 26504, Dytikí Elláda, Greece
Author contributions: Paschopoulos I wrote the first draft of the manuscript; Triantafyllou G contributed to study conceptualization and data collection; Arkoudis NA performed radiological data collection; Paschopoulos I, Gondorf D, Velonakis G, Mariorakis C, and Lyrtzis C carried out data analysis; Gyftopoulos K and Piagkou M supervised the entire study; Triantafyllou G, Gondorf D, Arkoudis NA, Velonakis G, Mariorakis C, Lyrtzis C, Gyftopoulos K, and Piagkou M contributed to manuscript review and editing; and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript, contributed to manuscript revision, and approved the final manuscript.
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Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, approval No. 1037.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: George Triantafyllou, MD, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Goudi, Athens 11527, Attikí, Greece.
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Received: August 28, 2026
Revised: September 22, 2026
Accepted: October 16, 2026
Published online: October 28, 2026
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