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Usefulness of Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Reconstruction of Inferior Vena Cava Occupied by Renal Cell Carcinoma Tumor Thrombus

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Takasi Azami

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Morihito Okada

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Yoshiya Toyoda

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Hidetaka Wakiyama

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Masato Yoshida

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Keiji Ataka

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Masayosi Okada

Department of Surgery, Division , Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Aggressive surgical treatment in renal cell carcinoma is still controversial. The aim of this paper is to assess inferior vena caval (IVC) reconstruction for suprahepatic vena caval renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumor thrombus.

Twelve patients with suprahepatic vena caval thrombus from renal cell carcinoma who underwent surgical repair with cardiopulmonary bypass were evaluated. The vena caval defect was reconstructed by direct suture, patch repair, or graft replacement.

Of 12 patients undergoing partial cardiopulmonary bypass, tumor thrombus extended to the junction of the hepatic vein in three patients and to the right atrium in one. Tumor thrombus was removed manually or with balloon catheter. Tumor thrombus in the right atrium was removed during electrical ventricular fibrillation. Repair of the IVC was performed by direct suture of the IVC wall in two patients, patch repair with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (EPTFE) graft in seven, and graft replacement with an EPTFE graft in three. There were no operative deaths and the only postoperative complication was one patient death from pulmonary emboli. The four patients with nonlocalized disease died within 2 years, but four patients lived for more than 3 years postoperatively. Survival was 37.5% at 3 years and 18.8% at 5 years by the Kaplan-Meier's method.

Conclusions: (1) Partial cardiopulmonary bypass is useful for the control of bleeding when tumor thrombus in the IVC extends to the junction of the hepatic vein. (2) Nephrectomy with tumor thrombectomy of the IVC is valuable, and long-term survival is possible in patients without distant metastases or regional lymph node metastases.

Angiology, Vol. 50, No. 1, 47-53 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000106


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