Pre-hepatectomy portal vein embolization: Single center experience

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Cotroneo, A R ^a   Innocenti, P ^b   Marano, G ^a   Legnini, M ^b   Iezzi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Embolization liver regeneration; Portal vein anatomy; Portal vein embolization

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 57549100262     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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