Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Liver Surface: The Retrohepatic Lamina as the Basis for Mobilisation of the Right Liver

摘要

Background During right hepatectomies, dissection of the bare area is performed to obtain mobilisation of the liver. Fifty computed tomography scans of the upper abdomen of patients were examined. Specimens of supramesocolic compartment were sampled from 10 un-embalmed cadavers. Macrosections were cut for histotopographic study. In four cadavers, in situ dissection of the posterior liver surface was performed.