title: Revisiting liver anatomy and terminology of hepatectomies.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since the development of liver surgery, several descriptions of liver anatomical division and hepatectomies have been made, causing some confusion among surgeons.
  
  
  METHODS
  The initial anatomical description according to Couinaud is reviewed and corrected taking into account the descriptions made in the following decades.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It seems that by reviewing the description of the different authors, a precise anatomical division of the liver may be achieved and a simple terminology of hepatectomies may be proposed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is hoped that the proposal of this anatomical description and this terminology of hepatectomies may find a consensus among the liver surgical community from America, Asia, and Europe.
authors: Institut Hépato-Biliaire, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France. henri.bismuth@pbr.aphp.fr
authors: Henri
authors: H
authors: Bismuth
mesh_terms: D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009626:Terminology as Topic