Study of portal vein embolization with absolute ethanol injection in cirrhotic rats

Table 1 The weight ratio of embolized lobe to the whole liver

Time after PVE (days)
		1 (n = 6)	3 (n = 6)	7 (n = 6)	14 (n = 6)	Baseline value (n = 20)
A. nonembolized lobe (g)	NE	3.04 ± 0.29	2.75 ± 0.20	4.04 ± 0.42	5.25 ± 0.38	1.86 ± 0.42
	ME	8.04 ± 0.22	7.71 ± 0.17	8.63 ± 0.24	9.58 ± 1.10	5.13 ± 0.53
B. whole liver (g)	NE	10.62 ± 0.32	8.63 ± 0.28	8.12 ± 0.33	7.63 ± 0.14	8.08 ± 0.51
	ME	12.29 ± 0.31	12.09 ± 0.21	12.13 ± 0.21	11.04 ± 0.72	8.08 ± 0.51
A/B (%)	NE	30.0	31.9	49.8a	68.8a	23.0a
	ME	65.5	63.8	71.7	86.8b	63.5b

^aP < 0.01,

^bP < 0.01, as compared with each own baseline value by Student’s t test.

Table 2 Changes in portal pressure and portal blood flow after PVE

Time after PVE (days)
		1 (n = 6)	3 (n = 6)	7 (n = 6)	14 (n = 6)	Baseline value (n = 20)
FPP (kPa)	NE	1.27 ± 0.23	1.82 ± 0.20	1.82 ± 0.32	1.52 ± 0.59	1.67 ± 0.48a
	ME	2.82 ± 0.50	3.67 ± 0.37	3.96 ± 1.65	3.17 ± 0.50	2.97 ± 0.33a
PVI (mL/min)	NE	13.30 ± 2.16	14.50 ± 2.07	14.30 ± 1.75	13.40 ± 2.20	13.50 ± 3.03b
	ME	14.50 ± 4.04	16.80 ± 2.48	18.30 ± 9.05	17.17 ± 7.49	18.20 ± 4.16b

^aP < 0.01,

^bP < 0.01, as compared with each own baseline value by Student’s t test.