• Zoltán Nagy, József Pánovics, Attila Szendrői, Attila M Szász, László Harsányi, and Imre Romics.
• Zoltán Nagy, Division Head of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital, Building A, Floor I, Maglódi út 89-91, 1106 Budapest, Hungary, nagyz56@t-online.hu.
• Croat. Med. J. 2014 Jun 1; 55 (3): 265-70.

AimTo retrospectively analyze patients treated by renal tumor and venous tumor thrombus (VVT) removal and to introduce a less stressful and safer surgical method without thoracotomy in Neves level 3 cases.MethodsFrom 2002 to 2011, 33 patients underwent surgery for renal cell cancer combined with tumor thrombus of the inferior vena cava. Preoperative symptoms, tumor-node-metastasis classification of tumors, thrombus extension classified by Neves and Zincke system, types of surgical interventions, complications, postoperative management, and survival results were analyzed.ResultsTen patients had level 1, 17 had level 2, and 6 had level 3 thrombi according to Neves and Zincke. In 5 patients with level 3 thrombi, the liver was mobilized without thoracotomy and in 1 patient endoluminal occlusion was utilized. There was no intraoperative mortality. The median survival time of 10 patients who died during follow-up period was 36.6 months (range, 0-121 months).ConclusionRenal cell cancer complicated with tumor thrombus without metastasis can be curable by performing a complete resection. The thrombus level determines the surgical approach and method. Our results confirm that level 3 caval vein tumor thrombus can be safely surgically treated by laparotomy with liver mobilization. Thoracotomy, use of cardiopulmonal bypass, and hypothermic circulatory arrest can be avoided with adequate liver- and vascular surgery methods.

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