title: Hepatic resection for malignant tumors of the liver: essentials for a unified surgical approach.
abstract: A unified surgical approach to hepatic resection and a simplified terminology in the classification of hepatic resections are presented based on experience with several hundred hepatic resections using specially designed instruments.
mesh_terms: D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011183:Postoperative Complications