Full-Circumference Prosthetic Grafts for Replacing a Retrohepatic Inferior Vena Cava Segment During Hepatectomy for Tumor.
Kaori SuzukiYuki TakahashiToshimitsu ShiozawaKenichi MatsuoHiroaki ShimizuKuniya TanakaPublished 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.