Liver

Surgery

The Liver

Mohammed Al Sebayel

Surgical anatomy of the liver

Liver Presentations

• Jaundice

• Liver Abscesses

  • Pyogenic liver abscess
  • Amoebic liver abscess

• Hydatid liver disease

• Portal hypertension

• Tumors of Liver

  Malignant
  1. Hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma)
  2. Cholangiocarcinoma

---

---

---

Therapeutic

Functions

1- Bile metabolism.

2- Protein metabolism:

• formation of albumin (3.5-5.5 g/dl).
• formation of clotting factors (2, 7, 9, 10).
• incorporation of ammonia with CO2 to form urea.

3-fat metabolism.

4- carbohydrate metabolism:

• gluconeogenesis, glycogen
• storage and glucose release.

5-detoxification of (hormones, drugs, and toxic substances).