Right Hepatectomy Extended to Segment I with Prosthetic Replacement of the Inferior Vena Cava Due to Hepatocarcinoma Invasion

The invasion of the inferior vena cava (IVCI) due to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an unusual but aggressive entity. When it hap pens, the disease is considered to be in a very advanced stage, and the proposed treatment is palliative chemotherapy. However, there are recent studies that support radical surgical treatment as a therapeutic option, so their results show longer survivals than chemotherapy without major surgical complications. We present the clinical case of a patient with HCC and IVCI treated by hepatic resection and inferior vena cava (IVC) replacement with disease-free survival of 8 months after surgery.