Increase in hepatic arterial flow in response to reduced portal flow (hepatic arterial buffer response) has been demonstrated experimentally and surgically. We provide pathologic evidence for hepatic ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Bile ducts are pathways that carry hepatocyte-produced bile from the liver to the small intestine. In the human fetal liver, bile ducts are formed from bile duct epithelial cells ...

We reviewed the medical records of 1280 patients who underwent curative partial hepatic resection for HCC between April 1996 and May 2009. In the absence of distant metastasis, curative resection was ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a blood clot of the portal vein, also known as the hepatic portal vein. A PVT blocks the blood flow from the intestines to the liver. Although it is treatable, PVT can ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a minimally invasive procedure for treating portal vein hypertension and other complications of liver disease. A surgeon inserts a stent to ...

The portal venous system refers to the veins that drain blood from the intestines, stomach, pancreas, esophagus and spleen into the liver prior to entering the main or systemic circulation. All ...

AN amputation neuroma may form from the cut ends of nerve fibers divided in the course of surgery on the biliary tree, just as it may occur elsewhere in the body. A tumor results that is not a true ...

A: Cystic lesions of the hepatobiliary system are being increasingly diagnosed. These fibropolycystic diseases involve multiple organs. They are usually inherited and occur in various combinations, ...