Portal vein normal anatomy and variants: Implication for liver surgery and portal vein embolization

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-91

  Schmidt, Sabine ^a   Demartines, Nicolas ^a   Soler, Luc ^b   Schnyder, Pierre ^a   Denys, Alban ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hepatectomy; Liver transplantation; Portal vein; Portal vein embolization

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949105696     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076688     Document Type: Review

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