Right nephrectomy/ adrenalectomy with right hepatectomy
In situ cold perfusion and vena cava reconstruction with PTFE graft
Case Description
A 45 year old woman was found with adrenocortical cancer superior to the right kidney.
CT scans showed cancer encroached upon retrohepatic vena cava, reaching the middle and left hepatic vein confluence.
Surgical planning suggested splitting the liver from the M/RHV groove to the gallbladder fossa, leaving the caudate lobe attached to the vena cava.
The right lobe would then be removed, with the caudate lobe and the section of vena cava it is attached to, along with the right kidney and cancer specimen.
The vena cava would then be reconstructed with a ringed PTFE graft while the remnant liver is under in situ cold perfusion.