A different approach in the treatment of left renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus extension into the vena cava inferior


Gedik H. S., Alp I., Arslan G., Dereli Y., Korkmaz K., Yilmaz A. T.

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.20, sa.2, ss.396-398, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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In this article, we report a case of advanced renal tumor with intracaval neoplastic extension, known as tumor thrombus treated with left subcostal (hemi-Chevron) abdominal incision instead of bilateral subcostal incision (Chevron technique), which is used for radical nefrectomy and tumor extirpation.