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Balloon catheter-assisted inferior vena cava tumor thrombectomy without thoracotomy
K Yanaga1, T Yoshizumi, K Komori
1Department of Surgery II, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report a technique for tumor thrombectomy of the inferior vena cava for renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium that abrogates the need for thoracotomy or sternotomy.