Preoperative evaluation of hepatic functional reserve following hepatectomy by technetium-99m galactosyl human serum albumin liver scintigraphy and computed tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1377-1382

  Mitsumori, Akihito ^a   Nagaya, Isao ^a   Kimoto, Shin ^a   Akaki, Shiro ^a   Togami, Izumi ^a   Takeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Joja, Ikuo ^a   Hiraki, Yoshio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hepatic functional reserve; Hepatic resectability; Occlusion of the unilateral portal vein; Technetium 99m galactosyl human serum albumin

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GALACTOSYLNEOGLYCOALBUMIN TC 99M; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031685246     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050311     Document Type: Article

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