Ep. 300 Renal Cell Carcinoma and Venous Thrombus: A Deep Dive with Dr. Vidit Sharma

About this episode

Dr. Vidit Sharma discusses the complexities of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Venous Tumor Thrombus and the surgical considerations involved.

When Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) invades the veins, the stakes and the surgical challenges rise. Are you prepared? In this episode, Dr. Vidit Sharma (Mayo Clinic) joins guest host Dr. Daniel Roberson to review Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) with Venous Tumor Thrombus (VTT), seen in 4 to 10% of cases. They review Mayo level classification and how CT and MRI venography guide surgical planning by defining thrombus extent and IVC involvement. --- Get the BackTable apphttps://www.backtable.com/app --- Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction03:03 - What is a Venous Tumor Thrombus?12:32 - Presentation and Workup31:49 - Preoperative Considerations40:26 - Building the Dream Team46:06 - Preop Counseling and Risks51:24 - The Operation01:31:01 - Outcomes and Adjuvant Immunotherapy01:36:40 - Future Neoadjuvant Shrinkage01:39:40 - Final Takeaways --- More about this episode They also cover key management decisions, including when anticoagulation is appropriate and why embolic urgency is often overestimated. Dr. Sharma highlights the importance of experienced multidisciplinary teams, reviews surgical considerations across thrombus levels, and discusses outcomes, including risk stratification with the TeNNiS…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Daniel Roberson

Guest: Dr. Vidit Sharma

Topics covered

• Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Venous Tumor Thrombus
• surgical challenges
• multidisciplinary teams
• outcomes
• systemic therapy

Keywords

• Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Venous Tumor Thrombus
• surgery
• CT venography
• MRI venography
• anticoagulation
• TeNNiS model
• immunotherapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mayo Clinic

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