Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2006 Jan;39(1):72-75.
Surgical Resection of Renal Cell Carcinoma Extended to the Inferior Vena Cava Using Pump Driven Veno-venous Bypass
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Korea. yswon@schbc.ac.kr
Abstract
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In a 46 year-old man who has complained of epigastric pain and dyspnea for 10 days including melena for 1 month, abdominal ultrasonography and computerized tomography revealed a large, solid mass in the right kidney and thrombus of inferior vena cava (IVC) that extended to the cavoatrial junction. Renal cell carcinoma was performed by percutaneous needle biopsy. IVC thromboembolectomy was performed using centrifugal pump driven veno-venous bypass without cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).