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Case Reports
. 1978 Dec;12(6):626-7.
doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(78)90419-3.

Thoracoabdominal-median sternotomy for resection of primary adrenal carcinoma extending into inferior vena cava and hepatic vein

N Javadpour, E A Woltering, C L McIntosh
Case Reports

Thoracoabdominal-median sternotomy for resection of primary adrenal carcinoma extending into inferior vena cava and hepatic vein

N Javadpour et al. Urology. 1978 Dec.

Abstract

A technique utilizing a combined thoracoabdominal-median sternotomy approach is described for stimulatenous resection of a large adrenal cancer occluding the inferior vena cava and extending into the left hepatic vein. This technique is useful in removint an extensive extension of a renal or adrenal cancer into the inferior vena cava.

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