hemihepatectomy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hemi- + hepatectomy.
Noun
[edit]hemihepatectomy (plural hemihepatectomies)
- (surgery) The removal of approximately half of the liver tissue
- 2015 July 29, Eunmi Gil et al., “Predictors and patterns of recurrence after curative liver resection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, for application of postoperative radiotherapy: a retrospective study”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology[1], volume 13, :
- The majority (90.1 %) of patients required a hemihepatectomy, extended resection, or multiple segmental resection.