Preoperative biliary drainage of the hepatic lobe to be resected does not affect liver hypertrophy after percutaneous transhepatic portal vein embolization.

Shin MiuraAtsushi KannoKoji FukaseYu TanakaRyotaro MatsumotoTatsuhide NabeshimaSeiji HongouTetsuya TakikawaShin HamadaKiyoshi KumeKazuhiro KikutaKei NakagawaMichiaki UnnoAtsushi Masamune

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)

PBD of the hepatic lobe to be resected did not decrease the FLR ratios and hypertrophy ratios. Thus, in patients with poor biliary drainage, additional PBD of the target lobe is acceptable.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
lymph node
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
minimally invasive
radiofrequency ablation