Radical nephrectomy with vena caval thrombectomy using a minimal access approach for cardiopulmonary bypass

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1292-1293

  Fitzgerald, James M ^a   Tripathy, Uttam ^a   Svensson, Lars G ^a   Libertino, John A ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, renal cell; Nephrectomy; Thrombectomy; Vena cava, inferior

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 0031953972     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63584-5     Document Type: Article

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