Healing of the resected liver stump: its process and the significance of portal blood flow.
In an effort to investigate the healing process of resected liver stump and the significance of portal and hepatic arterial flow. In addition to hepatectomy in the first group, an arterial and a portal branch were ligated in the second and third groups, respectively. It was demonstrated that portal branch ligation influenced a delay in healing of resected liver stump rather than hepatic arterial branch ligation. It is assumed that portal blood flow is more responsible for liver stump healing as well as hepatic regeneration than is hepatic arterial flow.
Kuwano
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Department of Surgery, Hahnemann University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Yang
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Kholoussy
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Perez
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A
Robie
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Matsumoto
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T
D000818:Animals; D006498:Hepatectomy; D008026:Ligation; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D011168:Portal System / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014945:Wound Healing