Research Article
Surgical Approaches to Supradiaphragmatic Segment of IVC and Right Atrium through Abdominal Cavity during Intravenous Tumor Thrombus Removal
Table 5
Summary of published data on the use of different approaches to the supradiaphragmatic IVC through the abdominal cavity.
| Authors | Position as to the pericardial cavity | Type of incision in the central tendon of the diaphragm |
| Davydov et al. [3] | Through the pericardium | Anterior longitudinal | Belgrano et al. [10] | Through the pericardium | Anterior longitudinal | Bassi et al. [8] | Through the pericardium | Anterior longitudinal |
Ciancio and Soloway [5] | Outside the pericardium | Circular | Chen et al. [6] | Through the pericardium | A window in the diaphragm | Facciuto et al. [9] | Through the pericardium | Anterior longitudinal | Mizuno et al. [7] | Outside the pericardium | Anterior longitudinal | Miyazaki et al. [4] | Through the pericardium | Anterior transverse |
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