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What does hepatectomy mean?

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Noun
  1. (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.
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The most frequent major complications are blood or bile collections and intra-abdominal sepsis in the resection cavity after partial hepatectomy.
Past medical history included polycystic ovarian syndrome and right donor hepatectomy 6 years prior in a living-related liver transplant.
He returned to Seattle, Washington, USA, for treatment consisting of 5 cycles of chemotherapy, followed by right hemicolectomy and right hepatectomy.
Natural course of the remnant hepatic functional reserve as estimated by technetium-99m-galactosyl human serum albumin scintigraphy after a hepatectomy.
Effects of neurolytic celiac plexus block on liver regeneration in rats with partial hepatectomy.
The median operation time was 522 minutes for right hepatectomy, 220 minutes for left lateral sectionectomy, and 90 minutes for wedge resection.

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