The British journal of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Preoperative portal vein or portal and hepatic vein embolization: DRAGON collaborative group analysis.
The extent of liver resection for tumours is limited by the expected functional reserve of the future liver remnant (FRL), so hypertrophy may be induced by portal vein embolization (PVE), taking 6 weeks or longer for growth. This study assessed the hypothesis that simultaneous embolization of portal and hepatic veins (PVE/HVE) accelerates hypertrophy and improves resectability. ⋯ PVE/HVE achieved better FLR hypertrophy and resectability than PVE in this collaborative experience.