Portal vein embolization: Rationale, technique, and current application

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-89

  May, Benjamin J ^a   Madoff, David C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

embolization; liver malignancy; liver resection; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862192625     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312568     Document Type: Review

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