title: Surgical repair for entire inferior vena cava occlusion in Budd-Chiari syndrome.
abstract: Successful repair of thrombotic occlusion of the entire inferior vena cava, including the iliac and hepatic veins, was performed on a 51-year-old man with Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with severe liver dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima 5-1-1, Saga city 849-0937, Saga, Japan. rikitak@post.saga-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rikitake
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Natsuaki
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtsubo
authors.forename: Hiroumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
mesh_terms: D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*