Volume Change and Liver Parenchymal Signal Intensity in Gd-EOB-DTPA-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging after Portal Vein Embolization prior to Hepatectomy

Table 1

Patient characteristics ( = 37).

Parameters	Patients, = 37
Sex (men/women)	27/10
Age (median [range])	71 (57–83)
Underlying disease
Hilar cholangiocarcinoma	18
Hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Intrahepatic bile duct cancer	5
Gallbladder cancer	4
Metastatic liver cancer	2
Cystic duct cancer	1
Operative procedure
Extended right hepatectomy	27
Extended left hepatectomy	2
None*	8
Embolized vessel
Right portal vein	33
Anterior segmental branch	4

Operation could not be performed owing to rapid increase in tumor size and so forth.