Figure 2 Representative images from a right radical nephrectomy and removal of the associated tumour thrombus77 Figure 2 | Representative images from a right radical nephrectomy and removal of the associated tumour thrombus77. a | Tourniquets (blue) placed on the cranial and caudal inferior vena cava (IVC) as well as the left renal vein. b | Incision of IVC with tumour thrombus exposed. c | The caudal extent of the tumour thrombus is shown. d | Os of the left renal vein seen free of tumour thrombus. Reproduced with permission from Elsevier © Abaza, R. et al. Multi-Institutional Experience with Robotic Nephrectomy with Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy. J. Urol. 195, 865–871 (2016). Reproduced with permission from Elsevier © Abaza, R. et al. Multi-Institutional Experience with Robotic Nephrectomy with Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy. J. Urol. 195, 865–871 (2016) Ludwig, W. W. et al. (2017) Frontiers in robot-assisted retroperitoneal oncological surgery Nat. Rev. Urol. doi:10.1038/nrurol.2017.149