Surgery for renal cell carcinoma extending to the right atrium in Japanese institutions: Focusing on cardiopulmonary bypass with or without deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

To evaluate the outcomes of Japanese patients with renal cell carcinoma undergoing surgery for tumor thrombus invading the right atrium.We retrospectively evaluated 23 patients who underwent extracorporeal circulation-assisted surgery at two institutions. Perioperative outcomes and survival rates were evaluated and compared between two groups of patients, which were set according to the use or not of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Data on...