Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 533-540 , September 2007

Resection of malignant tumors invading the vena cava: Perioperative complications and long-term follow-up

  • Andreas Kuehnl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Andreas Kuehnl, MD, Klinikum Grosshadern, Department of Surgery, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377 München, Germany.
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  • Michael Schmidt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Hans-Martin Hornung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Anno Graser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
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  • Karl-Walter Jauch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Reinhard Kopp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Received 5 March 2007 ,Accepted 30 April 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00762-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.04.067

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 533-540 , September 2007

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