Portal vein blood flow accounts for 75% of total hepatic blood flow, with the hepatic artery accounting for the remainder. As a result, portal vein occlusion may have significant consequences for ...

The treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with macrovascular invasion, including portal vein tumor thrombus, remains challenging to treat and has poor outcomes. Approximately 20% of patients with ...

Background A 52-year-old man presented to hospital having experienced abdominal pain, abdominal distention and oliguria for 1 week. An abdominal CT scan revealed thrombosis in the superior mesenteric ...

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is a type of liver disease that is present from birth. It typically affects the function of the bile ducts and the veins that carry blood from the digestive tract to the ...

APPLICATION of the technics of hepatic-vein catheterization and percutaneous splenic puncture, with appropriate blood-flow and pressure measurements and radiologic visualization of the portal bed, has ...