Eighty to 85% of the venous perfusion to the fetal liver is from the umbilical vein, the rest from the portal vein. Umbilical venous flow to the liver is essential for intrauterine growth, and is ...

Niigata, Japan - The research group of Professor Kamimura in Niigata University have applied the novel, liver lobe-specific hydrodynamic delivery procedure to primates (baboons) for the first time.

The patient lived with part of a pig liver for 38 days before surgeons removed it, surviving 171 total days after the ...

A wandering liver, ‘hepar mobilis’, is an extremely rare anatomical variant characterised by excessive movement of the liver within the abdominal cavity. This case report describes the incidental ...

Dr. Christopher T. Chen: A 34-year-old woman was evaluated in the oncology clinic of this hospital for the management of relapsed, metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The patient had been well ...