Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2015 Apr 6;194(4):929–938. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.03.119

Figure 4.

Figure 4.

Level III tumor thrombectomy. Rescue stitch is preplaced on IVC for safety in case emergent control is needed. Rummel tourniquets are secured from distal to proximal. A, cephalad tip of tumor thrombus (TT) being freed. Note: intrahepatic TT extends to within 1 cm of proximal IVC Rummel. B, IVC reconstruction using 4-zero Prolene or 5-zero Gore-Tex suture.