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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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The nutcracker syndrome is a compression of the left renal vein between the abdominal aorta (AA) and superior mesenteric artery (SMA).[1]

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  1. Sugimoto I, Takashi O, Ishibashi H, Takeuchi N, Nagata Y, Honda Y. Left Renal Vein Entrapment Syndrome (Nutcracker Syndrome) treated with Left Renal Vein Transposition. Jnp J Vasc Surg. 2001 10:503-507. Abstract.

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