title: Balloon catheter-assisted inferior vena cava tumor thrombectomy without thoracotomy.
abstract: We report a technique for tumor thrombectomy of the inferior vena cava for renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium that abrogates the need for thoracotomy or sternotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishizaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*