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Successful recovery from a massive pulmonary artery tumor embolism occurring during surgery for renal cell carcinoma
Takashi Kobayashi1, Keiji Ogura, Koji Nishizawa
1Department of Urology, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan. selecao@remus.dti.ne.jp
Abstract:
We report herein on a case of renal cell carcinoma with retrohepatic inferior vena cava tumor thrombus in which intraoperative cardiac arrest from a massive pulmonary embolism was managed successfully with emergency sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass, followed by the removal of the primary site and pulmonary artery embolus.
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