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How successful is liver resection?
I am a 48 year old male. I want to know how successful is liver resection?
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That is a difficult question to answer because it depends on a thousand factors. The most important of those is WHERE is the lesion in question that needs to be resected. If it is near a vital structure it may not be feasible at all. Another factor is the skill and experience of the surgeon.
Depending on the reason for the liver resection, they can be very successful.
Hello,
Success rates with any procedure vary. You may find some information that may answer your question from this Columbia University webpage:
https://columbiasurgery.org/liver/faqs-about-life-after-liver-transplant
Sincerely,
Samuel K. Williams, III, MD, CPG
It depends if there are metastases anywhere else, and the advance stage of disease, but normally, it is a very succesful surgical procedure.