Portal vein embolization induces compensatory hypertrophy of remnant liver

Table 1 Changes of the right lobe volume in gelfoam group (cm³)

No	Pre-embolization	4W	6W	8W
Dog A1	250	265	260	263
Dog A2	338	340	334	348
Dog A3	380	395	370	398
Dog A4	273	279	277	280
Dog A5	370	368	373	378
Dog A6	320	318	334	332
Dog A7	229	245	230	237
Dog A8	342	365	344	377
Dog A9	360	353	373	374
Dog A10	362	363	370	368
Mean±SD	318 ± 18.2	347.6 ±21.4	321.7±17.7	331.9±19.4

Table 2 Changes of the right lobe volume in coil-gelfoam group (cm³)

No	Pre-embolization	4W	6W	8W
Dog B1	380	414	474	478
Dog B2	298	325	369	370
Dog B3	376	412	470	472
Dog B4	332	362	417	420
Dog B5	360	392	450	451
Dog B6	294	310	363	365
Dog B7	310	340	379	382
Dog B8	388	426	491	495
Dog B9	300	326	378	385
Dog B10	376	413	473	474
Dog B11	380	403	482	482
Mean ± SD	344.9 ± 38.3	374.8 ± 43.0	431.5 ± 50.9	434.0 ± 50.4

Table 3 Changes of the right lobe volume in absolute ethanol group (cm³)

No.	Pre-embolization	4W	6W	8W
Dog C1	360	392	495	495
Dog C2	272	301	363	363
Dog C3	356	390	492	498
Dog C4	319	350	438	437
Dog C5	329	359	447	449
Dog C6	326	357	430	430
Dog C7	289	293	387	392
Dog C8	328	352	437	439
Dog C9	303	329	412	413
Dog C10	400	409	470	473
Mean ± SD	328.2 ± 39.3	353.3 ± 40.3	437.1 ± 45.0	438.9 ± 45.6