A groundbreaking surgical technique enabled a 61-year-old patient suffering from advanced liver cancer to regenerate his ...

In the human fetal liver, bile ducts are formed from bile duct epithelial cells surrounding the portal vein, and hepatocytes ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a challenging complication in liver cirrhosis, with no currently available sensitive diagnostic markers. This study aimed to investigate the potential of neutrophil ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a challenging complication in liver cirrhosis, with no currently available sensitive diagnostic markers. This study aimed to investigate the potential of neutrophil ...

Direct measurement of portal vein pressure is technically difficult and associated with a high risk of complications. Giday et al. now report successful direct measurement of portal vein pressure ...

Liver resection is recommended to treat some types of cancer originating in the liver (hepatocellular cancer, bile duct cancer, and gallbladder cancer), and occasionally benign liver tumors that are ...

New treatments for liver disease are the goal of Takahiro Ochiya, of Tokyo Medical University, and his work with Evia Life Sciences, a US-based company backed by Octave Ventures that he co-founded ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis is caused by one or several thrombogenic conditions, of which myeloproliferative disorders are the most frequent. Thrombosis and its fibrous sequelae can affect the veins ...