Portal Inflow Modulation by Somatostatin During Major Liver Resection With a High Risk of Postoperative Liver Failure.

We have read with great interest the article entitled ‘‘Portal inflow modulation by somatostatin after major liver resection: A pilot study.’’ It is a very interesting topic because the relationship between high portal vein pressure (PVP) and ‘‘small for size’’ syndrome (SFSS) has been clearly demonstrated insomuch as some authors refer to it as ‘‘small for flow’’ syndrome. SFSS was first described in living donor liver transplantation, and it has been attributed to a PVP above 20 mm Hg with secondary sinusoidal endothelial cell injuries. The same pathogenic mechanism has been attributed to major liver resections with a small future liver remnant

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Annals of Surgery

• Publication date

  2018-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002724PMID 29489487
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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