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What is a venotomy?

What is a venotomy? Here are some definitions.

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The patient underwent right radical nephrectomy, cardiopulmonary bypass and caval thrombectomy with right hepatic venotomy.
A transverse venotomy enables the introduction of a venous Fogarty catheter for extraction of thrombus from the iliac vein.
In addition, a pulmonary venotomy was performed to discard the venous effluent.
A balloon catheter was advanced in the inferior vena cava through a right femoral venotomy, and a large bore cannula was inserted into the left femoral artery and vein to act as an arteriovenous bypass.
Access to the vascular tree for endovascular manipulative treatment can be gained via percutaneous puncture utilizing Seldinger wire-catheter-sheath technology or, less commonly, by open exposure and arteriotomy or venotomy.
The catheter in the hepatic artery could be removed and the gastroduodenal artery could be ligated followed by decanulation and closing the venotomy of the portal vein.

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