The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to ...

Portal hypertension ... in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension can be prehepatic (such as portal vein thrombosis), hepatic (commonly liver cirrhosis and hepatic fibrosis ...

The liver interacts with surrounding organs that make up the hepatic system. These include arteries, bile ducts, and the ...

or unilateral second-order biliary radicals with contralateral portal vein or hepatic artery involvement The new edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system now differentiates ...