The role of portal vein embolization prior to hepatic resection for primary and secondary hepatic malignancies

European journal of Clinical and Medical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tashiro, Seiki ^a   Miyake, Hidenori ^b   Yoshioka, Kazuo ^a  

^a Medical Adviser of Taoka Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embolized atrophic lobe; Future liver remnant; Major hepatic resection; Nonembolized hypertrophic lobe; Portal vein branch embolization; Primary and secondary hepatic malignancies; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; FEVER; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER RESECTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN EMBOLIZATION; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79956062242     PISSN: 17598958     EISSN: 17598966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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