Surgical anatomy of the liver and bile ducts

Two years later in 1890, the Baltimore surgeon McLane Tiffany reported the successful removal of a benign liver tumor ( 10 ), and the following year Lucke described the successful resection of a cancerous growth of the liver ( 11 ). Surgery was now becoming a recognized treatment for liver pathology. Advances in surgery closely mirrored increased understanding of the functional anatomy of the liver ( 12 – 14 ).