hemihepatectomy

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noun

The removal of approximately half of the liver tissue

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Meanings

nounhemihepatectomy (plural hemihepatectomies)

plural hemihepatectomies

  1. medicineThe removal of approximately half of the liver tissue

    The majority (90.1 %) of patients required a hemihepatectomy, extended resection, or multiple segmental resection.

    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, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

From hemi- + hepatectomy.

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