Full-Circumference Prosthetic Grafts for Replacing a Retrohepatic Inferior Vena Cava Segment During Hepatectomy for Tumor.

Kaori SuzukiYuki TakahashiToshimitsu ShiozawaKenichi MatsuoHiroaki ShimizuKuniya Tanaka

Published in: The American surgeon (2023)

Ongoing experience has increased our acceptance of combined liver and IVC resection. We believe that segmental IVC resection and reconstruction with a prosthetic tubular graft could be chosen more frequently in managing liver tumors suspected to involve the IVC.

Keyphrases

inferior vena cava
pulmonary embolism
vena cava
body mass index
body weight
liver metastases
high glucose