title: Inferior vena cava thrombus removal using hypothermic circulatory arrest in two patients with osteosarcoma.
abstract: In this case report, the technique of deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest (DHCA) is used to successfully extract extensive symptomatic tumor thrombus from the inferior vena cava (IVC) in two patients with osteosarcoma. This is the first description of the use of this modality for treatment of osteosarcoma involving the IVC. Osteosarcoma and the use of DHCA are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Morasch
authors.forename: Albert D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sam
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Satcher
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fullerton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior