Surgical Treatment of Inferior Vena Cava Invasion in Patients with Renal Pelvis Transitional Cell Carcinoma by Use of Human Cadaveric Aorta

ABSTRACT

We herein report a case of radical nephroureterectomy and replacement of the inferior vena cava (IVC) with ahuman cadaveric aortic graft for a patient with renal pelvis transitional cell carcinoma associated with IVC infiltration. In advanced disease, radical surgery is essential to achieve long-term survival. This case entails the use of another treatment option among the numerous options currently available for the management of patients with advanced renal cancer associated with IVC invasion.