Intraoperative transesophageal sonographic monitoring of tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava during radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 274-277

  Tomita, Yoshihiko ^a   Kurumada, Shigenori ^a   Takahashi, Kota ^a   Ohzeki, Hajime ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraoperative ultrasonography; Renal cell carcinoma; Transesophageal ultrasonography; Tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SURGERY; LIVER; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR THROMBUS;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEPHRECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0038587587     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10165     Document Type: Article

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