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Liver Diseases

Your liver is an important organ that performs many tasks connected with metabolism, energy storage, and waste filtering.

Overview

Liver disease is a general term that refers to any condition influencing your liver. These conditions might develop for various reasons, yet they can all harm your liver and influence its function.

It assists you with digesting food, convert it to energy, and store the energy until you require it. It additionally aids in filtering the toxic stuffs out of your bloodstream.

Common Surgeries?
Right or Left hepatectomy

A liver resection, or hepatectomy, is a surgery to eliminate part of your liver. You can have up to 66% of your liver eliminated as long as the rest of your liver is healthy. If you have liver disease, a smaller portion might be taken out. Your liver can grow back. If your remaining liver is healthy, it'll come back to its previous size.

Nonanatomical resection

NAR can be defined as resection of the tumor with a margin of greater than 1 cm whenever possible without regarding the segmental anatomy of the liver.

Common symptoms might include:

  • Jaundice
  • Pain in right upper abdomen
  • loss of appetite
  • Weight loss
  • Swelling in right upper abdomen