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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: Treatment of renal cell carcinoma with a level III or level IV inferior vena cava thrombus using cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

Parameters

Values

Number of patients, n

32

Median age (IQR), years

56 (48 to 62)

Male/female, n

19/13

Left/right kidney, n

12/20

Thrombus level III/IV, n

25/7

Median tumor size (range), centimeters

12 (8 to 20)

Median (IQR) duration of

  Surgery, minutes

360 (300 to 435)

  CPB, minutes

149 (138 to 177)

  DHCA, minutes

23 (17 to 32)

Patients requiring IVC grafts, n

0

Median hospital stay (range), days

7 (5 to 10)

Estimated blood loss (IQR), milliliters

2,500 (1,650 to 4,000)

Tumor stage

  pT3b

24

  pT3c

5

  pT4

3

Tumor pathology

  Clear cell

25

  Papillary

5

  PENT

2

  1. CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; DHCA, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; IQR, interquartile range; PENT, primitive neuroectodermal tumor.