title: Reconstruction of the inferior vena cava with a polytetrafluoroethylene tube graft after resection for hypernephroma of the right kidney.
abstract: A 49-year-old man underwent right radical nephrectomy including reconstruction of the inferior vena cava for a hypernephroma. To our knowledge this is the first clinical report of prosthetic replacement of the inferior vena cava with graft patency demonstrated postoperatively.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene