Preoperative assessment of postoperative liver function: The importance of residual liver volume

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-450

  Pulitano, Carlo ^a   Crawford, Michael ^a   Joseph, David ^a   Aldrighetti, Luca ^b   Sandroussi, Charbel ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

hepatectomy liver function; liver surgery; residual liver volume

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FUTURE LIVER REMNANT; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HEPATECTOMY, LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SURGERY; RESIDUAL LIVER VOLUME;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905731060     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23671     Document Type: Review

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