Single-stage operation using hypothermic circulatory arrest to remove uterine intravenous leiomyomatosis extended to the vena cava and right atrium

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Apr;129(1):87-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.10.021. Epub 2014 Dec 18.

Authors

Benedetta Pesi¹, Luca Moraldi¹, Lorenzo Antonuzzo², Giulia Meoni², Rami Addasi¹, Gianfranco Montesi³, Pierluigi Stefano³, Giacomo Batignani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Oncology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³ Unit of Cardiac Surgery, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: g.batignani@unifi.it.

PMID: 25579748
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.10.021

No abstract available

Keywords: Hypothermic circulatory arrest; Right atrium invasion; Single-stage surgery; Uterine intravenous leiomyomatosis; Vena cava invasion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced*
Female
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Leiomyomatosis / surgery*
Uterine Neoplasms / surgery*
Vascular Neoplasms / surgery*
Vena Cava, Superior