RT Journal
A1 Pauli EM, Staveley-O'Carroll KF, Brock MV, Efron DT, Efron G
T1 A handy tool to teach segmental liver anatomy to surgical trainees
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2012
FD August 1
VO 147
IS 8
SP 692
OP 693
DO 10.1001/archsurg.2012.689
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2012.689
AB 
Sound knowledge of hepatic anatomy is a prerequisite for anatomical surgery of the liver.1 In an era in which new technology and new techniques have increased the indications for hepatic surgery and improved the mortality rates after such procedures,2 this statement rings more true now than ever. With hepatic resections being performed more frequently worldwide, more surgical trainees are exposed to these operative procedures.3 Therefore, there is a greater call for understanding functional hepatic anatomy4; a surgeon's knowledge of hepatic anatomy commonly determines a patient's outcome.5