Thoracoabdominal Aortic Replacement in a Patient with Left-sided Inferior Vena Cava: A Case Report

Abstract

We present a rare case of 79-year-old man who had performed successful repair of suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with a left-sided inferior vena cava (IVC). Surgical approach and exposure of AAA was performed via Stoney’s incision and retroperitoneal approach. To get a good operative field, crossing part of IVC was transected. Venous cannula for extracorporeal circulation was inserted from the cephalad portion of IVC. Transected IVC was reconstructed with tubularized bovine pericardium after completion of the thoraco-abdominal aortic replacement.