Fed or 24 h-starved rats were subjected to two-thirds partial hepatectomy or sham-operation and subsequently starved for 4, 14 or 24 h. Despite high plasma fatty acid concentrations, the partially hepatectomized rats failed to respond to post-operative starvation with increased blood and liver ketone-body concentrations or to maintain the high ketone-body concentrations associated with pre-oper...

RATIONALE Hepatectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis (SIT) is technically challenging, and pure laparoscopic major hepatectomy has not been previously described. PATIENT CONCERNS A 70-year-old male with SIT was referred to our hospital for investigation and treatment of a liver mass in segment 5/6. DIAGNOSIS Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed feat...

Introduction: Liver resection combined with vascular reconstruction is a curative option for hepatic metastases invasion. However, surgery during major liver significantly increases morbidity and mortality. This study aims to assess the results of hepatectomy colorectal (CLM). Methods: We conducted descriptive evaluate surgical outcomes CLM patients who underwent resection. A prospectively coll...

Pure laparoscopic hepatectomy is thought to be a less invasive procedure than conventional open hepatectomy for the resection of hepatic lesions (1). Recent development of devices facilitates expansion of the indication of the procedure (2, 3). At the present moment, common advantages of laparoscopic surgery, such as early recovery and discharge with smaller postoperative pain and earlier intak...

Inhibin-betaC is a recently described TGF-beta family member most homologous to inhibin-betaA and inhibin-betaB. By Northern analysis, inhibin-betaC mRNA was detected exclusively in the liver among a large number of adult mouse tissues surveyed. The expression of inhibin-betaC mRNA in adult liver dropped sharply and transiently following partial hepatectomy. At 6 and 12 hours following partial ...

Objective: Liver regeneration is necessary to restore hepatic mass and functional capacity after partial hepatectomy (PH). Cynara scolymus (CS) a pharmacologically important plant that contains phenolic acids flavonoids, experimental studies have indicated it has antioxidant hepatoprotective effects. The aim of this study was investigate the role CS in liver PH rats. 
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Incorporation of [3H]orotic acid into low-molecular-weight nRNA of rat liver, fractionated on polyacrylamide gels, increased 6-12h after partial hepatectomy and 6h after gamma-irridation at 2000 R. The incorporation of orotic acid was particularly increased into the 4.5S, 5S and approx. 10S nRNA fractions. If the irradiation was given after 6h of regeneration and RNA was isolated from the nucle...

We describe a rare case of a large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a patient who survived 13 years after repeated transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TAE) and hepatectomy. The patient was a 41-year-old woman found in March 1985 to have a large HCC, measuring 14 x 12 cm in diameter and associated with obstruction of the main portal trunk. She underwent TAE 8 times over a period of 1 year...

Synchronous resection of primary neuroendocrine tumors (NET) with liver metastases remains controversial, although recent studies have demonstrated its safety in select patients. Synchronous laparoscopic gastric and liver resection has been rarely reported. We report the case of a 65-year-old man who underwent successful simultaneous D2 subtotal gastrectomy with hepatectomy and cholecystectomy ...

Changes in binding of dexamethasone (9 alpha-fluoro-11 beta, 17 alpha, 21-trihydroxy-16 alpha-methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione) to its receptors in regenerating rat liver after 70% hepatectomy were examined. Specific receptors for dexamethasone in the liver remnants of adrenalectomized rats decreased significantly during the period of DNA synthesis after 70% hepatectomy; then, they increased t...