"Anatomical" versus "territorial" Belonging of the middle hepatic vein: Virtual imaging and clinical repercussions

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-155

  Radtke, Arnold ^a,b   Sotiropoulos, Georgios C ^a,b   Sgourakis, George ^a,b   Molmenti, Ernesto P ^a   Schroeder, Tobias ^a   Saner, Fuat H ^a   Beckebaum, Susanne ^a   Schenk, Andrea ^c   Lang, Hauke ^a,b   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a   Malagó, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D CT; 3 D reconstruction; hepatic vein anatomy; hepatic vein classification; hepatic vein dominance; liver anatomy; liver imaging; liver surgery; liver venous drainage; living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ADULT; ANATOMY, REGIONAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951681090     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.07.042     Document Type: Article

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