Extensive thrombosis was observed in both right and left common iliac arteries and veins, leading up to the bifurcation of the aorta and vena cava. A left common iliac arterectomy, with removal of ...

By this route, enlarged regional lymph nodes at the renal pedicle and along the vena cava and aorta were removed in 6 cases. In 4 of these, the removed lymph nodes showed malignant spread, but in ...

A 50-year-old cancer patient traveled 300 miles to have a 15-pound tumor removed after doctors at home refused to operate. Julie Camarillo of Michigan had a large tumor in her stomach. She told Fox 32 ...

Although the exact incidence of superior vena cava syndrome remains unknown, the condition affects about 15 000 patients in the United States each year.1 It has mainly malignant causes. Nonmalignant ...

An endoleak happens when blood leaks around the stent used to repair the hole between the aorta and the vena cava. One of the main concerns of endovascular surgery is residual aortocaval fistula ...

"It is widely believed that lying women flat on their back during labor can lead to dangerously low blood pressure caused by the compression of both the inferior vena cava and the aorta due to the ...

The superior vena cava is the large vein that brings blood from the head and arms to the heart, ... Two major coronary arteries branch off from the aorta near the point where the aorta and the ...

The inferior vena cava is one of two parts that make up the vena cava. The IVC carries blood from the legs, feet, and organs in the abdomen and pelvis to the right side of the heart.

Exploration revealed that the bullet had gone from the left to right, injuring the spleen, pancreas, aorta, vena cava, right kidney and right lobe of the liver. The bullet then came to rest in the ...

The grenade got caught between the aorta and the inferior vena cava near the heart. Zvezdanews/east2west news. During the procedure, a second operating room with additional surgeons was on standby ...