Subtotal (segment II–VIII) hepatectomy for bilateral diffuse hepatolithiasis with compensatory caudate lobe hypertrophy: a report of two cases

Abstract Background Hepatolithiasis often leads to atrophy–hypertrophy complex due to bile duct obstruction, inflammation or infection in the affected liver segments and compensatory response in the normal segments. In severe bilateral diffuse cases, main liver can all be atrophic, leaving the cauda...

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Published in:	BMC Gastroenterology
Main Authors:	Wei Wang, ZiJie Zhang, Jian Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-10-01
Subjects:	Hepatolithiasis Atrophy–hypertrophy complex Caudate lobe Subtotal hepatectomy
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-020-01503-9