Radio-frequency-assisted liver partition with portal vein ligation (RALPP) for liver regeneration

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e45-e46

  Gall, Tamara M H ^a   Sodergren, Mikael H ^a   Frampton, Adam E ^a   Fan, Ruifang ^a   Spalding, Duncan R ^a   Habib, Nagy A ^a   Pai, Madhava ^a   Jackson, James E ^a   Tait, Paul ^a   Jiao, Long R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILE LEAKAGE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER WEIGHT; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN EMBOLIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ASSISTED LIVER PARTITION WITH PORTAL VEIN LIGATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR GROWTH; VEIN LIGATION; VENA CAVA FILTER; WEDGE RESECTION; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925282693     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000607     Document Type: Letter

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