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Liver regeneration after extended right hemihepatectomy in patients with hilar or diffuse bile duct carcinoma.

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1999

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Shinichi Miyagawa, Seiji Kawasaki, Terumasa Noike, Ken‐ichi Nomura, A Kobayashi, Ryo Shimada, Hiroshi Imamura
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Abstract

In adults, the liver does not always regain its pre-operative size after hepatectomy. Patients' body size and intrinsic liver function or liver blood flow, represented by the ICG 15 value, may be related to regenerated liver size.