Does a patient who needs portal vein embolization (PVE) to proceed to major hepatectomy (MH) have the same hepatic functional reserve than a patient with no preoperative PVE?

Truant, Stéphanie; Baillet, C.; El Amrani, Mehdi; Lécolle, Katia; Ernst, Olivier; Dharancy, Sébastien; Turpin, Anthony; Huglo, D.; Pruvot, François‐René

doi:10.21037/hbsn-24-478

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Does a patient who needs portal vein embolization (PVE) to proceed to major hepatectomy (MH) have the same hepatic functional reserve than a patient with no preoperative PVE?

Published in HepatoBiliary Surgery and Nutrition • Jun 22, 2025

Authors:

Stéphanie Truant

C. Baillet

Mehdi El Amrani

Abstract

Background: While remnant liver function (RLF) gain after portal vein embolization (PVE) was reportedly higher than volume gain, some patients apparently fit for surgery develop post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF). This prospective study analyses the hepatic regeneration rates in terms of volume a...

Subject

Medicine

Portal vein embolization

Hepatectomy

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