Open AccessChanges in Hepatic Lobar Function After Right Portal Vein Embolization
Author(s) -
Katsuhiko Uesaka,
Yuji Nimura,
Masato Nagino
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199601000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , indocyanine green , excretion , lobe , embolization , liver function , biliary tract , radiology , nuclear medicine , anatomy , surgery
The changes in the functional capacity of the hepatic lobe after right portal vein embolization (RPE) were investigated in patients with complete obstruction of the hepatic hilus who had undergone multiple percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage catheterizations.