The liver has an enormous capacity to regenerate itself. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the regeneration is due to hypertrophy or hyperplasia of the remnant liver after extended resection and whether a portosystemic shunt is beneficial.
Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Street 3, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany. ruth.ladurner@med.uni-tuebingen.de
