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Failure of Portal Venous Embolization. ALPPS as Salvage Enabling Successful Resection of Bilobar Liver Metastases

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  1. Division of HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery, Royal Free Hospital and Medical School, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK

    Soumil J. Vyas, Charles J. Imber, Dinesh Sharma, Brian R. Davidson, Massimo Malago & Guiseppe Fusai

  2. Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Royal Free Hospital and Medical School, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK

    Neil Davies & Lee Grant

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Vyas, S.J., Davies, N., Grant, L. et al. Failure of Portal Venous Embolization. ALPPS as Salvage Enabling Successful Resection of Bilobar Liver Metastases. J Gastrointest Canc 45 (Suppl 1), 233–236 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-014-9643-6

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