BACKGROUND Liver failure is the most feared complication following hepatectomy. Post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) is closely related to the remnant liver volume, and functional reserve. There are several methods for predicting PHLF prior to liver resection. The indocyanine green (ICG) clearance test was popularized in patients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC). We aim to demonstrate the valu...

HYPOTHESIS Abrupt occlusion of hemihepatic portal vein induced by preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) may result in drastic alterations in blood flow and functional mass of the liver. DESIGN Prospective study investigating the outcome of an intervention (PVE). SETTING University tertiary-care referral center. PATIENTS Thirteen patients who underwent PVE before extended right hepat...

Purpose: Exercise capacity is an independent predictor of the disease prognosis in many clinical conditions. This study aims to predict functional exercise determinants and investigate association between status variables liver transplant candidates. 
 Methods: prospective cross-sectional consisted thirty patients who were scheduled for transplantation. Respiratory peripheral muscle streng...

The transplanted liver elicits systemic tolerance, and the underlying mechanism may also account for the persistence of liver infections, such as malaria and viral hepatitis. These phenomena have led to the hypothesis that antigen presentation within the liver is abortive, leading to T cell tolerance or apoptosis. Here we test this hypothesis in an optimized orthotopic liver transplantation mod...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to devise a predictive index to predict residual liver function before hepatic resection, using technetium-99m diethylenetriamine-penta-acetic acid-galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) liver dynamic single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). METHODS Fifty-seven patients with liver disease underwent liver dynamic SPECT with 99mTc-GS...