Preoperative embolization of replaced right hepatic artery prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy
Journal of Surgical Oncology, 05/03/2012
Cloyd JM et al. – Division of the RHA at the time of pancreaticoduodenectomy, however, may result in hepatic infarction and/or bilioenteric anastomotic complications. Authors report two cases of patients undergoing preoperative embolization of tumor encased replaced RHAs to allow for sufficient collateralization prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy.



