A different approach in the treatment of left renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus extension into the vena cava inferior

Hikmet Selçuk Gedik,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.080

Hikmet Selçuk Gedik¹, İbrahim Alp¹, Gökhan Arslan¹, Yüksel Dereli¹, Kemal Korkmaz², Ahmet Turan Yılmaz¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.080

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In this article, we report a case of advanced renal tumor with intracaval neoplastic extension, known as tumor thrombus treated with left subcostal (hemi-Chevron) abdominal incision instead of bilateral subcostal incision (Chevron technique), which is used for radical nefrectomy and tumor extirpation.

Keywords : Renal cell carcinoma; subcostal incision; tumor thrombus

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