Use of Direct Portography in Diagnosis of Liver Diseases
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 88 (1) , 40-47
- https://doi.org/10.1148/88.1.40
Abstract
Knowledge of the segmental and lobular structure of the liver (12, 13) has recently resulted in a more advanced fo~ of liver surgery. It is now technically possible to perform segmental resections lobectomies, and hemihepatectomies. For this type of surgery, better diagnosfie methods are required. Present roentgen technics include celiography (18), hepatic phlebography (16), percutaneous splenoportography (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 14), and u~bilical (5, 11), hemorrhoidal (17), and direct portography (8, 10, 15). While not previously a routine procedure in clinical diagnosis of liver diseases, direct portography has recently been used by Ekengren and her co-workers (10) in postoperative follow-up of patients with a portocaval shunt. Their technic of direct Phrtography in animals resulted in good visualization of the intrahepatic portal vascualture and liver parenchyma (3). Direct portography has been employed routinely at Malmo General Hospital for the past two years as a complement to other diagnostic methods. This...Keywords
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