Open AccessTwo Hundred Forty Consecutive Portal Vein Embolizations Before Extended Hepatectomy for Biliary Cancer
Author(s) -
Masato Nagino,
Junichi Kamiya,
Hisahide Nishio,
Tomoki Ebata,
Toshiyuki Arai,
Yuji Nimura
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000201482.11876.14
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatectomy , gallbladder cancer , gallbladder , bile duct cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma , bile duct , surgery , radiology , gastroenterology , resection
To assess clinical benefit of portal vein embolization (PVE) before extended, complex hepatectomy for biliary cancer.