Urology
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 957-961 , May 2008

Radical Nephrocapsulectomy and Caval Thrombectomy with Extracorporeal Circulation and Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Right Anterior Minithoracotomy: A Minimally Invasive Approach

  • Roberto Bertini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bertini Roberto, M.D., San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan.
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  • Marco Roscigno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Elisabetta Lapenna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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  • Alessandra Pasta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Giovanni Petralia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Elena Strada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Richard Naspro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Luigi Da Pozzo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Renzo Colombo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Patrizio Rigatti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute University San Raffaele, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Received 14 June 2007 ,Accepted 20 November 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02513-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.122

Urology
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 957-961 , May 2008

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