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Adjectival Hyphens

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"This diversion will increase the size of the post-hepatectomy future liver remnant, which improves surgical outcomes by preventing liver insufficiency. The minimum limit of the future liver remnant is 20–40% of total liver volume, dependent on background chronic liver disease ⁶."

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"future liver remnant that would be too small for the patient's body mass, post-hepatectomy (typically"

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"concomitant pancreas resection and patients with diabetes due to poor post-hepatectomy hypertrophy rates"

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"The portal vein can be approached surgically through a transileocolic approach, but interventional radiology usually approaches the portal vein transhepatically. Portal vein pressures are checked pre-procedure, to ensure that there is no portal hypertension."

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"This diversion will increase the size of the post-hepatectomy future liver remnant, which improves surgical outcomes by preventing liver insufficiency. The minimum limit of the future liver remnant is 20–40% of total liver volume, dependent on background chronic liver disease ⁶."

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Acronyms

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"microparticles (such as polyvinyl alcohol, PVA)"

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Indications
H1 Contraindications
H1 Preprocedural evaluation
H1 Procedure
H2 Equipment
H2 Technique
H2 Postprocedural care
H1 Postprocedural evaluation
H2 Radiographic features
H1 Complications
H1 Outcomes
H1 History and etymology
H1 See also

"History"

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There Is

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"There is some evidence from volumetric analyses to indicate that right portal vein embolisation (RPVE) + segment 4 embolisation results in a greater degree of hypertrophy of segments 2/3 than RPVE alone in patients with colorectal liver metastases and this may become the recommended strategy in those with a relatively low FLR ("

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Lint: portal-vein-embolisation