Hi I wonder if someone can please help? My dad had portal vein embolisation with the hope to leading to liver resection. We were told my dad’s left portal vein contains significant thrombus and appears discontinuous over a long segment. As a result there appears to be a perfusional abnormality in the left lateral liver and as such they do not feel that surgery is technically feasible. Where I’m struggling to understand is why they can’t treat the portal vein thrombosis. Surely this can be dissolved so surgery can go ahead. I don’t like the idea of them just leaving this as surely it can be dangerous. 
I'm so desperate to get answers as this is the only thing stopping the operation from going ahead. Any help you can provide will be very much appreciated.  
Many thanks