Safety and Efficacy of Portal Vein Embolization Before Planned Major or Extended Hepatectomy: An Institutional Experience of 358 Patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-51

  Shindoh, Junichi ^a   Tzeng, Ching Wei D ^a   Aloia, Thomas A ^a   Curley, Steven A ^a   Huang, Steven Y ^a   Mahvash, Armeen ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Wallace, Michael J ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended hepatecotmy; Future liver remnant; Hepatic insufficiency; Portal vein embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891845627     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2369-0     Document Type: Article

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