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Contralateral portal vein embolization for hepatectomy in the setting of hepatic steatosis.
Am Surg
July 2004
Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, t Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-4753, USA.
Portal vein embolization is evolving as an important adjunctive tool in hepatic surgery. In select patients, preoperative hypertrophy of the future remnant liver via contralateral portal vein embolization decreases postoperative liver dysfunction. Hepatic steatosis is the most common liver parenchymal disorder in Western populations.
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