Long-term followup of patients with tumor thrombi from renal cell carcinoma and total replacement of the inferior vena cava using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubular graft

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 444-447

  Okada, Yusaku ^b   Kumada, Kaoru ^b   Terachi, Toshiro ^b   Nishimura, Kazuo ^b   Tomoyoshi, Tadao ^b   Yoshida, Osamu ^b   Libertino, J A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

carcinoma, renal cell; polytetrafluoroethylene; thrombosis; vascular patency; vena cava, inferior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR THROMBUS; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030066845     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66413-9     Document Type: Article

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