ReviewRadiology research and practice2020
Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization in Hepatic Surgery: A Review about the Embolic Materials and Their Effects on Liver Regeneration and Outcome.
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- Impact of portal vein embolisation uses in colorectal liver metastases: evidence from a rapid review.BMJ open · 2026Review
- Augmenting the Future Liver Remnant Prior to Major Hepatectomy: A Review of Options on the Menu.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Review
- Evaluating the efficacy of 8Spheres microsphere embolization combined with iodine‑125 seed implantation in advanced refractory lung cancer: A retrospective study.Oncology letters · 2025Article
- Initial experience with Double-vein Embolization in Hungary.European journal of radiology open · 2024Article
- Transfemoral hepatic vein access in double vein embolization - initial experience and feasibility.CVIR endovascular · 2024Article
- Catheter-Directed Ionic Liquid Embolic Agent for Rapid Portal Vein Embolization, Segmentectomy, and Bile Duct Ablation.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2024Article
- Current Perspectives and Progress in Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization with Stem Cell Augmentation (PVESA).Stem cell reviews and reports · 2024Review
- Clinical research progress of callisperesDiscover oncology · 2024Review
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- Liver regeneration after portal vein embolization: comparison between absolute ethanol andDiagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2023Article
- Experimental study of the effects of absorbable gelatin sponge and non‑absorbable polyvinyl alcohol particle material used in transcatheter arterial embolization on liver tissues.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2023Article
- Portal Vein Embolization Using N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate-Glue: What Impact Does a Central Vascular Plug Have?Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2022Article
- Portal vein embolization: rationale, techniques, outcomes and novel strategies.Hepatic oncology · 2021Review
- Ipsilateral access portal venous embolization (PVE) for preoperative hypertrophy exhibits low complication rates in Clavien-Dindo and CIRSE scales.CVIR endovascular · 2021Article
- New evidence for liver venous deprivation: safety and feasibility for extended liver resections.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
- Percutaneous portal vein embolization for intractable hepatic biloma after radiofrequency ablation.European journal of radiology open · 2020Article
- Portal vein embolization, biembolization, and liver venous deprivation.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
- Pros and Cons of Portal Vein Embolization With Hematopoietic Stem Cells Application in Colorectal Liver Metastases Surgery.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
Liver volume and function after hepatectomies are directly correlated to postoperative complications and mortality. Consequently contemporary liver surgery has focused on reaching an adequate future liver remnant so as to diminish postoperative morbidity and mortality. Portal vein embolization has evolved and is the standard of care as a liver regenerative strategy in many surgery departments worldwide before major liver resections. Different embolic materials have been used for portal vein embolization including gelfoam, ethanol, polyvinyl-alcohol particles, calibrated microspheres, central vascular plugs, coils, n-butyl-cyanoacrylate glue, fibrin glue, polidocanol-foam, alcoholic prolamin solution, and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, as sole occluders or in varied combinations. While to date there has been no prospective controlled trial comparing the efficacy of different embolic materials in portal vein embolization, retrospective data insinuates that the use of n-butyl-cyanoacrylate and absolute ethanol produces higher contralateral liver hypertrophies. In this review, we evaluated publications up to August 2019 to assess the technical and regenerative results of portal vein embolization accomplished with different embolic materials. Special attention was given to specific aspects, advantages, and drawbacks of each embolic agent used for portal vein embolization, its liver regenerative performance, and its influence on patient outcome.
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