Effectiveness of preoperative selective portal vein embolization before extensive hepatic resection

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-407

  Gerunda, Giorgio Enrico ^a   Neri, Daniele ^a   Merenda, Roberto ^a   Barbazza, Franco ^a   Zangrandi, Fabio ^a   Meduri, Francesco ^a   Bisello, Marco ^a   Valmasoni, Michele ^a   Gangemi, Antonio ^a   Faccioli, Alvise Maffei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036249895     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.22459     Document Type: Article

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