Hepatectomy is the surgical resection of the liver. While the term is often employed for the removal of the liver from a liver transplant recipient, this article will focus on partial resections of hepatic tissue. ==History== The first hepatectomy was reported by Ichio Honjo (Kyoto University) in 1949, and Jean-Louis Lortat-Jacob in 1952, the pati...
Surgery to remove all or part of the liver.
<procedure> Excision of all or part of the liver. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(hep″ә-tek´tә-me) surgical excision of all (total hepatectomy) or part (partial or subtotal hepatectomy) of the liver.
the removal, or partial removal, of the liver.
Type: Term Pronunciation: hep′ă-tek′tŏ-mē Definitions: 1. Removal of the liver, whole or in part.
hepatectomy Excision or the surgical removal of all (total hepatectomy or part (partial or subtotal hepatectomy) of the liver.
surgical removal of all or part of the liver