title: Reply to Norihiro Kokudo et al. Regional liver function is not "zero" in the congestive area after hepatectomy with middle hepatic vein resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. yamamoto@ige.twmu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shun-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ariizumi
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male