Ectopic varices are dilated splanchnic (mesoportal) veins/varicosities and/or are dilated
portosystemic collaterals that can occur along the entire gastrointestinal tract outside the …

Bile duct injuries are infrequent but potentially devastating complications of biliary tract surgery
and have become more common since the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. …

Objective: As the utility of Child-Pugh (CP) class is limited by the subjectivity of ascites and
encephalopathy, we evaluated a previously established objective method, the albumin-…

Purpose The purpose of our study is to determine if there is a relationship between dose
deposition measured by PET/MRI and individual lesion response to yttrium-90 ( 90 Y) …

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? For patients who are unfit for
extirpative surgery, percutaneous cryoablation ( PCA ) presents a minimally‐invasive …

Background Hepatobiliary contrast enhanced MRI is known to be the most sensitive imaging
modality for detection of colorectal hepatic metastasis. To date no study has investigated …

Stomal or parastomal varices are extraperitoneal ectopic mesenteric varices. Parastomal
varices are not common but can be a source of considerable bleeding. They usually occur in …

Objective To compare perioperative and oncologic outcomes between laparoscopic (LCA)
and percutaneous cryoablation (PCA) and identify predictors of treatment failure after …

Endovascular mapping and conjoint 99m Tc-macroaggregated albumin ( 99m Tc-MAA) hepatic
perfusion imaging provide essential information before liver radioembolization with 90 Y-…

Background Primary liver carcinomas with hepatocellular and cholangiocellular differentiation
(b[HB]-PLC) are rare. Surgery offers the best prognosis, but there is a paucity of literature …