Surgical Treatment of Renal Neoplasmatic Thrombi Extending into the Inferior Vena Cava
β Scribed by Dimitrios K. Papadimitriou; Georgios A. Pitoulias; Maria D. Tachtsi; Stylianos G. Koutsias; Dimitrios K. Radopoulos
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 350 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-5096
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## Abstract Fortyβseven patients with renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus extension to the renal vein or inferior vena cava (IVC) were treated surgically over a 10βyear period. There were 41 males and 6 females with a mean age of 45.7 years. Thirtyβthree patients had rightβsided and 14 had lef
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