Percutaneous transhepatic portal vein embolization: Rationale, technique, and outcomes

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-145

  Avritscher, Rony ^a   De Baere, Thierry ^b   Murthy, Ravi ^a   Deschamps, Frederic ^b   Madoff, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Liver cancer; Liver hypertrophy; Liver resection; Portal vein embolization

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949088016     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076686     Document Type: Review

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