Hepatic resection under selective portal vein occlusion using degradable starch microspheres. A simple procedure of an experimental study using the pig.
A simple technique is described to perform hepatectomy. The technique consists of portal vein blood flow occlusion using degradable starch microspheres injected through an ultrasonically-guided puncture at the point of resection root and hepatic artery occlusion. The method minimizes ischemic damage to the liver remnant and is easy to perform.
Ezaki
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T
Department of Surgery, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima 730-8619, Japan.
Yamaguchi
H
H
Sasaki
Y
Y
Ishida
T
T
Fujiwara
M
M
D000818:Animals; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D007267:Injections; D008863:Microspheres; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013213:Starch / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013552:Swine; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
C044817:Spherex; D013213:Starch