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Summary
Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is regularly used in cardiac and also increasingly in non-cardiac surgeries. It has a leading role in the perioperative management of renal cell carcinoma with tumour extension into inferior vena cava. We report two cases in which TOE was of immense help for patient management. This report highlights the two cases where intraoperative TOE was of immense help to establish diagnosis, to modify surgical plan, to guide the surgeon during clamp placement, to monitor cardiac function, to rule out tumour embolism and to confirm the complete removal of tumour thrombus.
- Anaesthesia
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Vascular Surgery
- Urological Surgery
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Contributors All authors were involved in the case management and writing the manuscript. CRT had written the manuscript. RM and SCBV had edited and modified the surgical details. CRT was the anaesthesiologist. RM was the urologist. SCBV was the cardiovascular surgeon. All authors have read the manuscript and accepted for submission.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.