title: [Circulation assist in the radical operation of retro-peritoneal malignancy with the inferior vena cava thrombotic involvement].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the key role of various mode of circulation assist in the radical operation of retro-peritoneal malignancy with the inferior vena cava thrombotic involvement.
  
  
  METHODS
  >From the June 1999 to the March 2001, 6 patients with retro-peritoneal malignancy with thrombosis involving the inferior vena cava, were completely resected with various mode of circulation assist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients operated have good outcomes and follow-up (1 - 20 months) except one death 1 month after operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the various types of tumor thrombi, individualized and technically feasible circulation assist mode should be utilized to achieve the satisfactory outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, 100034, China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Mingli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Naiqing
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Hujun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Hongyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yinglu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001243:Assisted Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*