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Liver Anatomy: Variant Venous Anatomy and Implications for Resection

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The complexity of radiologic and surgical interventions on the liver has increased in the last decade. Knowledge of anatomical variants is crucial for safe hepatic resection and for preservation of adequate inflow and outflow to the functional remnant liver tissue. There are many congenital and acquired anomalies of the portal vein that need to be identified preoperatively, and their presence may indicate concomitant variations in biliary ductal anatomy.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Anne M. Covey

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Ajay V. Maker M.D.

  3. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    William R. Jarnagin M.D., F.A.C.S.

  4. Department of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA

    William R. Jarnagin M.D., F.A.C.S.

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  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 10032, New York, USA

    David C. Madoff

  2. University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    Masatoshi Makuuchi

  3. School of Medicine, Dept. Surgery I, Nagoya University, Tsurumai-cho 65, Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 466-8550, Japan

    Masato Nagino

  4. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dept. Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, Holcombe Blvd. 1515, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

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Maker, A.V., Jarnagin, W.R., Covey, A.M. (2011). Liver Anatomy: Variant Venous Anatomy and Implications for Resection. 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_5

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