title: [Radical nephrectomy and caval tumor thrombectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass combined with right anterior minithoracotomy;report of a case].
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma is a tumor with a distinct feature that it can invade the renal vein and grow intravascularly extending to the inferior vena cava (IVC). We herein report a case of a 71-year-old female who presented with a neoplasm that involved the right kidney and an intra-IVC tumor thrombus. We performed radical nephrectomy and tumor thrombectomy under cardiopulmonary bypass through a right anterior mini thoracotomy. The patient was discharged on the 13th day after the surgery without any complication, and is currently in good health at 7 months after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of and Clinical Science, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kunisue
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mikamo
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurazumi
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Bungo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shirasawa
authors.forename: Kimikazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009392:Nephrectomy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*