Selective percutaneous transhepatic embolization of the portal vein in preparation for extensive liver resection: the ipsilateral approach.

Nagino, M; Nimura, Y; Kamiya, J; Kondo, S; Kanai, M · Radiology · 1996

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

The ipsilateral approach was used at preoperative portal vein embolization in 38 patients with hepatobiliary malignancy. The right anterior portal branch was punctured. Two different 5.5-F triple-lumen balloon catheters were used, and fibrin glue and iodized oil were injected. Portal vein embolization was successful in all cases (right lobe, 24 patients; left lobe and right anterior segment, six; right lobe and left medial segment, three; right posterior segment, two; right anterior segment, one; left lobe, one; and right and caudate lobes, one).

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