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Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) is performed to increase the safety of major hepatic resection which reduces the volume of the liver and raises the portal pressure immediately after operation. PVE induces atrophy of the embolized portion of the liver to be resected, with compensatory hypertrophy of the contralateral portion of the future preserved liver remnant. Today, PVE is widely accepted as a standard preoperative procedure for patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
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Hashimoto, T., Makuuchi, M. (2013). Portal Vein Embolization. In: Lau, W. (eds) Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6473-6_14
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