Defining a threshold for safe surgical management of vena cava thrombus in renal cell carcinoma patients: evidence from German total population data with 3,700 cases from 2006 to 2020
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Authors
- Luka Flegar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-9161)
- Cem Aksoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0875-5120)
- Thomas G. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9133-9813)
- Marius Cristian Butea-Bocu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8301-9505)
- Matthias Giese
- Christer Groeben (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1769-0402)
- Johannes Huber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7243-8958)
- Aristeidis Zacharis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8075-2776)
- Laura Haak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2032-9519)
- Fabian Kormann
- Rainer Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3024-9072)
Institutions
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2024-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-024-05360-z
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Renal cell carcinoma treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.51
Funders
- Philipps-Universität Marburg
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie