Feasibility of Right Upper Transversal Hepatectomy in the Absence of an Inferior Right Hepatic Vein: New Insights regarding This Complex Procedure

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(Patient 1) (a) Colorectal metastasis with no margin from RHV and MHV. (b) Local invasion of MHV. (c) Inferior right hepatic vein draining the right inferior segments (S5 and S6). (d) Liver mobilization and preservation of IRHV (asterisk). (e) Middle hepatic vein ligated (yellow arrow). (f) Surgical specimen (liver segments 4A, 8, and 7).

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