[Surgical treatment of thromboses of the inferior vena cava]

Results of surgical treatment in 22 patients with inferior vena cava thrombosis from extension of femoro-iliac thrombosis are reviewed. Indications for the different types of operation and their technical modalities (thrombectomy through a femoral approach or by cavotomy, caval blockade by clip or Mobin Uddin's umbrella alone or combined with thrombectomy, arteriovenous fistula) are discussed in relation to the various pathological and clinical pictures observed.