Surgery to remove part of your liver (liver resection)

A liver resection is surgery to remove part of your liver. It is sometimes called a hepatectomy or lobectomy.

Before surgery, you have tests to check your fitness and you meet members of your treatment team.

You might go into hospital the evening before or the morning of your operation.

After a big operation, you may wake up in the intensive care unit or a high dependency unit. You usually move back to the ward within a day or so.

There is a risk of problems (complications) after any operation. Possible problems after a liver resection include bile leakage, liver failure or fluid build up in your tummy.