Use of the biomedicus pump in resection of renal carcinoma invading the vena cava.
The authors report a 7-year old boy suffering from a renal carcinoma with a tumoral thrombus invading the vena cava. The kidney and the tumoral thrombus were removed with the help of a Biomedicus pump. This paper shows how to avoid a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure in order to perform safely a tumoral thrombectomy with this relatively new technique.
Derom
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Department of Surgery, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium.
De Gols
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Vermassen
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Derom
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*