The adaptive response of the reticuloendothelial system to major liver resection in humans.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Annals of Surgery
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2006
- Volume
- 243
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 507–514
- Identifiers
- PMID: 16552202
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Preservation of a minimum volume of functioning liver is a prerequisite for adequate RES phagocytosis capacity, and failure of this system may predispose patients undergoing major liver resection to infection as observed in clinical studies.