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Assessment of portal vein anatomy is mandatory to evaluate the indication or strategy of portal vein embolization. Recent advances in radiological imaging facilitate the precise assessment of intrahepatic tertiary or more peripheral tributaries of the intrahepatic vascular system. Not only the portal vein anatomy itself, but also the hepatic vein anatomy and anatomical relationship between the portal vein and hepatic vein should be accurately evaluated for the following reasons: First, sacrifice of hepatic vein tributaries may result in the congestion of large part of remnant liver after hepatic resection. Second, the intersegmental plane after major hepatectomy may not necessarily be straight but curved.
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Kishi, Y., Hashimoto, T., Makuuchi, M. (2011). Portal and Hepatic Vein Anatomy. In: Madoff, D., Makuuchi, M., Nagino, M., Vauthey, JN. (eds) Venous Embolization of the Liver. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-122-4_3
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