Prognostic importance of some clinical and therapeutic factors for the effect of portal vein embolization in patients with primarily inoperable colorectal liver metastases

Abstract

Portal vein embolization (PVE) may increase the resectability of liver metastases. However, the problem of PVE is insufficient growth of the liver or tumor progression in some patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of commonly available clinical factors for the result of PVE.

Keywords

• colorectal liver metastases
• portal vein embolization
• prognostic factors