Surgical Approaches to Supradiaphragmatic Segment of IVC and Right Atrium through Abdominal Cavity during Intravenous Tumor Thrombus Removal

Table 2

Feasibility analysis of various approaches to the supradiaphragmatic IVC.

Feasibility	Easy		Difficult		Impossible		Average (points)
	(N)	(%)	(N)	(%)	(N)	(%)
Transverse diaphragmotomy	11	31.4	20	57.2	4	11.4	60
T-shaped diaphragmotomy	26	74.3	9	25.7	0	0	87.1
Circular diaphragmotomy	28	80	7	35	0	0	90
IVC isolation in the pericardium	14	40	19	54.3	2	5.7	67.1