Assertion: portal vein's branch | /r/CapableOf | feed the liver
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text: Moreover, because these patients usually require major hepatectomies to achieve clear resection margins, the small size of the remnant liver and chemotherapy-induced liver damage increase the risk of postoperative hepatic insufficiency and morbidity.6,7 To minimize this risk, embolization (PVE) or ligation (PVL) of the portal branches feeding the liver to be resected have been used to increase future liver remnant volume (FLRV), thereby expanding the number of patients with resectable disease.8