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. 2022 Aug;11(4):504–514. doi: 10.21037/hbsn-21-466

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Increase in volume of FLR after TAE-salvaged ALPPS. (A) Individual increase in volume of FLR for the 10 patients who underwent TAE-salvaged ALPPS. (B) The median FLR volumes before operation and on POD 7, 14 and 21 were 306.9, 438.5, 443.7, and 539.1 mL, respectively. (C) The median KGR of FLR (mL/day) for TAE-salvaged ALPPS were 15.7, 2.6, and 19.5 mL/day in postoperative week 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The fast FLR hypertrophy was attenuated in the second week after ALPPS stage-1 and was revoked after TAE.(D) The median KGR after ALPPS stage-1 (1^st+2^nd week), and ALPPS stage-1 + TAE (3^rd week) were 8.9, and 19.5 mL/day, respectively. FLR, future liver remnant; ALPPS, associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy; POD, postoperative day; TAE, transcatheter arterial embolization; KGR, kinetic growth rate.