Preoperative estimation of asialoglycoprotein receptor expression in the remnant liver from CT/99mTc-GSA SPECT fusion images correlates well with postoperative liver function parameters

Yuji Iimuro,Toru Kashiwagi,Junichi Yamanaka,Tadamichi Hirano,Shinichi Saito,Takaaki Sugimoto,Shinichiro Watanabe,Nobukazu Kuroda,Toshihiro Okada,Yasukane Asano,Naoki Uyama,Jiro Fujimoto

Preoperative estimation of asialoglycoprotein receptor expression in the remnant liver from CT/99mTc-GSA SPECT fusion images correlates well with postoperative liver function parameters

2010

Yuji Iimuro
Toru Kashiwagi
Junichi Yamanaka
Tadamichi Hirano
Shinichi Saito
Takaaki Sugimoto
Shinichiro Watanabe
Nobukazu Kuroda
Toshihiro Okada
Yasukane Asano
Naoki Uyama
Jiro Fujimoto

Background Accurate preoperative estimation of remnant liver function is critically important for hepatic surgery, and the expression of asialoglycoprotein receptors (ASGPR) is associated with hepatic function.

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Radiology
Computed tomography
Single-photon emission computed tomography
General surgery
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Asialoglycoprotein receptor
Human serum albumin
Medicine
99mtc gsa
Nuclear medicine
Hepatology
Surgical oncology
hepatic function
liver function
remnant liver
Internal medicine
Pathology

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