The portal vein is the main blood vessel carrying blood to the liver from the stomach, intestines, spleen, gallbladder, and pancreas. Portal vein blood contains both nutrients and toxins derived ...

The widow of William Bryan -- the man who allegedly was killed after a surgeon removed his liver instead of his spleen -- has ...

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The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ located under the liver. The gallbladder stores bile, which is a fluid made by the liver that helps digest fats. Most gallbladder cancers start in the ...

This technic has been applied successfully for subtotal resection of the liver, spleen, pancreas and lung. Moreover, in a few cases, partial resection of each of these organs has been carried out ...

We removed the heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys ... and lymphocytes were prominent in the parenchyma of the pancreas, kidneys, gallbladder, and hilus of the liver. Inflammatory cells were ...