Hepatic resections

Hepatic resection is the treatment of choice for many secondary and primary hepatic tumors. With improvement in surgical techniques and earlier recogn ition of hepatic tumors, there has been a renewed interest in performing he patic resections. In this operative review, we will describe the techniques for performing right-sided and left-side hepatic resections. A major hepat ic resection can be performed with less than 5% mortality and approximately a 5% to 15% morbidity. Special mention will be made of performing a hepati c resection without vascular inflow occlusion. This is necessary in perform ing a hepatic resection for use in live donor liver transplantation.