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

Gedik, HİKMET; Alp, Ibrahim; Arslan, Gokhan; Dereli, Yuksel; Korkmaz, Kemal; Yilmaz, Ahmet

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.080

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)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.080
Dergi Adı: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.396-398
Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.