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Functional hepatocellular regeneration measured by hepatobiliary scintigraphy, functional regeneration or functional hepatocytes?
Author(s) -
Olthof Pim B.,
Cieslak Kasia P.,
Bennink Roelof J.,
Gulik Thomas M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
liver international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.873
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1478-3231
pISSN - 1478-3223
DOI - 10.1111/liv.12973
Subject(s) - medicine , library science , center (category theory) , university hospital , nuclear medicine , family medicine , computer science , chemistry , crystallography
In a recent issue of this journal, Fernandes et al(1) reported on functional hepatocellular regeneration in elderly patients undergoing hepatectomy. They used (99m) Tc-mebrofinin HBS to quantify liver function before and after surgery and concluded that functional regeneration is already present at postoperative day 5. However, the study has in our view several limitations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserve