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Angiology
Research from Nagoya University, Medical Department provide new insights into angiology
April 29th, 2008
"Although studies indicate that patient sex modulates the process of hepatic regeneration, it remains unknown whether sex has a role in the outcome of preoperative right portal vein embolization (PVE). We analyzed the effects of patient sex on the outcome of right PVE followed by major hepatectomy. Retrospective study. Academic research," researchers in Nagoya, Japan report. "Eighty-eight patients (42 men and 46 women) who underwent preoperative right PVE for bile duct carcinoma were analyzed retrospectively. The percentage liver volume change, the plasma indocyanine green clearance rate, and the rate of postoperative hepatic failure were compared between men and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-29)
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