Thoracoabdominal-median sternotomy for resection of primary adrenal carcinoma extending into inferior vena cava and hepatic vein.
A technique utilizing a combined thoracoabdominal-median sternotomy approach is described for stimulatenous resection of a large adrenal cancer occluding the inferior vena cava and extending into the left hepatic vein. This technique is useful in removint an extensive extension of a renal or adrenal cancer into the inferior vena cava.
D000005:Abdomen; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013249:Sternum; D013909:Thorax; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior