Describes a surgical technique using a caval-atrial shunt to facilitate the resection of a caval tumor thrombus in patients with renal cell carcinoma.
May aid SVC isolation in RCC thrombus cases; leaves open need for safety and outcome validation.
Extraction of a tumor thrombus in the vena cava from a renal cell carcinoma is a technically demanding but gratifying procedure. We describe a technique for isolation of the superior vena cava during thrombus extraction using an inferior vena caval to atrial shunt.
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