Preoperative portal vein embolization: is it useful?
โ Scribed by Takayama, Tadatoshi ;Makuuchi, Masatoshi
- Book ID
- 106178020
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) was performed in 84 patients before extensive liver resection for various diseases. By the criteria of liver volumetric determination, some patients were candidates for PVE, whereas others were not, even though the same surgical procedure, such as extended
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