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Small-for-Size Liver Syndrome: a Case Series with a Proposal for Management Based on Portal Flow Modulation

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Abbreviations

SFSS:

Small-for-size syndrome

PT:

Prothrombin time

PVE:

Portal vein embolization

PVL:

Portal vein ligation

TLV:

Total liver volume

FLR:

Future liver remnant volume

PVF:

Portal vein flow

SAE:

Spleen artery embolization

WHVP:

Wedged hepatic venous pressure

HVPG:

Hepatic venous pressure gradient

LFT:

Liver function tests

HAF:

Hepatic artery flow

APBR:

Arterio-portal buffer response

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  1. Hepatopancreatobiliary Division, Academic Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, 233 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK

    Simone Famularo, Kyriakos Nefotyou & Aamir Z Khan

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, 233 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK

    Nicos Fotiadis, Nasir Khan & Mathew Foxton

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Famularo, S., Nefotyou, K., Fotiadis, N. et al. Small-for-Size Liver Syndrome: a Case Series with a Proposal for Management Based on Portal Flow Modulation. J Gastrointest Canc 46, 185–189 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9701-8

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