The Position and Mobility of the Kidneys in Healthy Korean Men and Women

Ko, Young Geun; Park, Heung Won

Abstract

A roentgenologic study of the position and mobility of the kidneys of 50 men and the same number of women at Kang Nam Sacred Heart Hospital were performed during the period from January 1980 through December 1981. The age of the subject were from 21 to 50. None of them had any pathologic conditions of urinary system. Followings are the results of this study: Subject erect 1. The cephalic pole of the right kidney of males is below L 1 more often than the cephalic polo of the left kidney. 2. The cephalic pole of the right kidney of females is below T 12 more often than the corresponding pole of the left kidney. 3. The cephalic pole of the right kidney is below T 12 more often in females than in males. 4. The caudal pole of the right kidney of females is below L 3 more often than the caudal pole of the left kidney. 5. The caudal pole of the right kidney of females is below L 3 more often than the corresponding pole of males. Subject Supine 6. The cephalic pole of the left kidney of females is more often above T 12 than that of the right. 7. The caudal pole of the right kidney of males is below L 3 more often than that of the left kidney. 8. The caudal pole of the right kidney of females is be1ow L 3 more often than that of the left. Relation to Interiliac Line 9. The caudal pole of the right kidney of males, erect, is below the interiliac line more often than the caudal pole of the left. 10. The caudal pole of the right kidney of males, erect, is below the interiliac line more often than the corresponding pole of the left kidney. Kidney Mobility 11. The excursion of the right kidney of females is longer than that of the right kidney of males. 12. The excursion of the right kidney of females is longer than that of the left kidney. 13. The excursion of the right kidney of males is longer than that of the left kidney.