title: Vertical portal vein clamping in right hepatic lobectomy for live donation or neoplasm.
abstract: A modified technique is described in clamping the right branch of the portal vein in right hepatic lobectomy for live donation or neoplasm that allows flush division of the origin of the right branch without causing portal vein stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan. kyanaga@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanaga
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamohara
authors.forename: Mitsuhisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takatsuki
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003250:Constriction; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*