title: Caudate lobectomy combined with resection of the inferior vena cava and its reconstruction by a pericardial autograft patch.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman with remnant liver metastasis originating from colon cancer was referred to our department. She underwent successful caudate lobectomy combined with resection of the inferior vena cava (IVC), including reconstruction with a pericardial autograft patch. IVC clamping was performed between the IVC below the confluence of the left hepatic vein and the infrahepatic IVC in order to preserve the hepatic circulation. After 18 months, the graft was patent and there was no sign of recurrence. A part of the pericardium used as an autograft for patch repair of the defect of the IVC was very useful because it was easily available, required only division of the diaphragm, and was of sufficient length and width.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. togo@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Togo
authors.forename: Kuniya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masunari
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Hidenobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masui
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekido
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D010690:Phlebography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*