[Major blood vessel excision and reconstruction in the treatment of retroperitoneal neoplasms].
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the experience in the treatment of retroperitoneal tumors involving major blood vessels.


METHODS
Twenty five cases with retroperitoneal tumors involving major blood vessels were treated by excision of the tumor and the major blood vessel involved followed by vascular reconstruction.


RESULTS
After a careful preoperative evaluation and necessary preparation, the tumor together with the involved blood vessels in all patients are successfully resected and the severed major blood vessels reconstructed. There was no operative death.


CONCLUSIONS
Retroperitoneal neoplasm involving major blood vessels is not a contraindication for surgical resection. The tumor and the involved vessel can be removed en bloc followed by vascular reconstruction. The risk of local tumor recurrence can thus be minimized and better survival achieved.
Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*