Resection of renal cell carcinoma with vena cava extension using circulatory arrest.
Resection of renal cell carcinoma with extension into the inferior vena cava can result in massive blood loss, incomplete removal of the tumor, and systemic dissemination of malignant cells. A case is presented in which circulatory arrest with total body exsanguination permitted relatively safe resection in a bloodless operative field.
Lansing
A M
AM
Humana Heart Institute, International, Louisville, KY.
Witten
F R
FR
Masri
Z H
ZH
Hubbard
J G
JG
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*