Simple and safe method for operative cannulation of the portal vein.
A method of portal vein cannulation via the omental vasculator is described. This mode of vascular access, which requires only five or ten minutes of additional operating time, can be used for adjuvant or therapeutic portal vein infusion of chemotherapy.
Umemoto
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Department of Surgery, Otawara Red Cross Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Amemiya
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T
Koizumi
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K
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000379:methods; D011169:Portal Vein
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents