Effect of branched-chain amino acid supplementation on functional liver regeneration in patients undergoing portal vein embolization and sequential hepatectomy: a randomized controlled trial

Functional assessment versus conventional volumetric assessment in the prediction of operative outcomes after major hepatectomy

(2015) Hiromitsu Hayashi et al.   SURGERY

Assessment of hepatic functional regeneration after hepatectomy using 99mTc-GSA SPECT/CT fused imaging

(2014) Morikatsu Yoshida et al.   ANNALS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Remnant liver volume-based predictors of postoperative liver dysfunction after hepatectomy: analysis of 625 consecutive patients from a single institution

(2013) Hirohisa Okabe et al.   International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Percentage of Future Liver Remnant Volume Before Portal Vein Embolization Influences the Degree of Liver Regeneration After Hepatectomy

(2013) Hirohisa Okabe et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Branched-chain amino acids in liver diseases

(2013) Kazuto Tajiri   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

A quantitative index measured on 99mTc GSA SPECT/CT 3D fused images to evaluate severe fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease

(2012) Morikatsu Yoshida et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Fused 99m-Tc-GSA SPECT/CT imaging for the preoperative evaluation of postoperative liver function: can the liver uptake index predict postoperative hepatic functional reserve?

(2012) Morikatsu Yoshida et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Oral supplementation of branched-chain amino acids reduces early recurrence after hepatic resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective study

(2012) Kengo Ichikawa et al.   SURGERY TODAY

Increase in future remnant liver function after preoperative portal vein embolization

(2011) W. de Graaf et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Possible Role of Visfatin in Hepatoma Progression and the Effects of Branched-Chain Amino Acids on Visfatin-Induced Proliferation in Human Hepatoma Cells

(2011) S. Ninomiya et al.   Cancer Prevention Research

The effects of branched-chain amino acid granules on the accumulation of tissue triglycerides and uncoupling proteins in diet-induced obese mice

(2011) Mie Arakawa et al.   ENDOCRINE JOURNAL

Effects of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Infusions on Liver Regeneration and Plasma Amino Acid Patterns in Partially Hepatectomized Rats

(2011) Say-June Kim et al.   HEPATO-GASTROENTEROLOGY

Liver functional volumetry for portal vein embolization using a newly developed 99mTc-galactosyl human serum albumin scintigraphy SPECT–computed tomography fusion system

(2011) Toru Beppu et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Late evening snack: Exploiting a period of anabolic opportunity in cirrhosis

(2011) Cynthia D Tsien et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

Prognostic Impact of Preoperative the Branched-Chain Amino Acid to the Tyrosine Ratio in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients after Initial Hepatectomy

(2011) Toru Mizuguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrients improve nutritional and metabolic abnormalities in the early post-transplant period after living donor liver transplantation

(2011) Ryuichi Yoshida et al.   Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma can improve resectability and may improve disease-free survival

(2011) Hirohisa Okabe et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Oral supplementation with carbohydrate- and branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrients improves postoperative quality of life in patients undergoing hepatic resection

(2010) Takehiro Okabayashi et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Preoperative oral supplementation with carbohydrate and branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrient improves insulin resistance in patients undergoing a hepatectomy: a randomized clinical trial using an artificial pancreas

(2009) Takehiro Okabayashi et al.   AMINO ACIDS

A new approach to percutaneous transhepatic portal embolization using ethanolamine oleate iopamidol

(2009) Toru Beppu et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Branched-chain amino acids suppress insulin-resistance-based hepatocarcinogenesis in obese diabetic rats

(2009) Hitoshi Yoshiji et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Volumetric and Functional Recovery of the Remnant Liver After Major Liver Resection with Prior Portal Vein Embolization

(2009) Jacomina W. van den Esschert et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Preoperative evaluation of hepatic functional reserve by converted ICGR15 calculated from99mTc-GSA scintigraphy

(2008) Hideki Kawamura et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY