Study protocol of the HYPER-LIV01 trial: a multicenter phase II, prospective and randomized study comparing simultaneous portal and hepatic vein embolization to portal vein embolization for hypertrophy of the future liver remnant before major hepatectomy for colo-rectal liver metastases

Abstract Background In patients undergoing major liver resection, portal vein embolization (PVE) has been widely used to induce hypertrophy of the non-embolized liver in order to prevent post-hepatectomy liver failure. PVE is a safe and effective procedure, but does not always lead to sufficient hyp...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Deshayes, Lauranne Piron, Antoine Bouvier, Bruno Lapuyade, Emilie Lermite, Laurent Vervueren, Christophe Laurent, Jean-Baptiste Pinaquy, Patrick Chevallier, Anthony Dohan, Agnès Rode, Christian Sengel, Chloé Guillot, François Quenet, Boris Guiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07065-z