title: Kinetics of liver volume changes in the first year after portal vein embolization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the time course of liver hypertrophy after portal vein embolization (PVE).
  
  
  METHODS
  In a cohort study, computed tomography volumetrics were calculated for livers during a 1-year period after PVE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary liver cancer treatment center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten patients who were subjected to PVE and were found subsequently to not be candidates for liver resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Right PVE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Left and right liver volumes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The left liver continued growing for the entire first year after PVE, while the right liver continued to atrophy. The total volume remained remarkably constant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early PVE during administration of a course of neoadjuvant therapy would be beneficial for enhanced growth of the liver before liver resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Danton
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Jarnagin
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tuorto
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DeMatteo
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Angelica
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Yuman
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fong
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed