Renal Cell Carcinoma and Stage IV Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus: Resection Without Thoracotomy

Attikon University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Renal Cell Carcinoma Stage III

Treatments: Procedure: Radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy without thoracotomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04350047

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessment of short-term outcomes of radical nephrectomy combined with IVC thrombectomy with a novel technique without thoracotomy: single center case series.

Full description

Assessment of the 30-day mortality and major complications as well as long-term oncological outcomes of three patients undergoing radical nephrectomy combined with inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy with a novel technique without thoracotomy for renal cell carcinoma with IVC level IV thrombus. This is a retrospective case series carried out at Attikon University Hospital between January 2018 to March 2020.

Enrollment: 3 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients
• Documented radiological and/or pathological diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma with level IV tumor thrombus

Exclusion criteria

• American Anesthesia Association (ASA) Class V and/or any contraindications to general anesthesia

Trial design

3 participants in 1 patient group

Transabdominal inferior vena cava thrombectomy

Description:

Patients undergoing radical nephrectomy and inferior vena cava thrombectomy transabdominal without thoracotomy

Treatment:

Procedure: Radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy without thoracotomy