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Zharikov Yu.O.

Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevskiy, Moscow

Kovalenko Yu.A.

Federal state budgetary institution «A.A. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery», Russian Ministry of Health (director: B.A. Kubyshkin, member of Russian Academy of Sciences]

Zharikova T.S.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia

Shkerdina M.I.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia

Nikolenko V.N.

Chair of Normal Anatomy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Surgical anatomy of liver segment iv and its importance in hepatobiliary surgery

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Zharikov Yu.O., Kovalenko Yu.A., Zharikova T.S., Shkerdina M.I., Nikolenko V.N.

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Journal: Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery. 2019;(11): 93‑99

DOI: 10.17116/hirurgia201911193

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SURGICAL ANATOMY OF LIVER SEGMENT IV AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
SURGICAL ANATOMY OF LIVER SEGMENT IV AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY

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Zharikov YuO, Kovalenko YuA, Zharikova TS, Shkerdina MI, Nikolenko VN. Surgical anatomy of liver segment iv and its importance in hepatobiliary surgery. Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery. 2019;(11):93‑99. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/hirurgia201911193

Подписка 2026 Хирургия. Журнал им. Н.И. Пирогова (Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery)
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Abstract:

The purpose of this article was to describe clinical anatomy of liver segment IV and determine its significance in liver resection surgery and within integrated approach in the treatment of malignancies of this area.

Keywords:

surgical anatomy
liver segment IV
liver malignancies
surgical treatment

Authors:

Zharikov Yu.O.

Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevskiy, Moscow

Kovalenko Yu.A.

Federal state budgetary institution «A.A. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery», Russian Ministry of Health (director: B.A. Kubyshkin, member of Russian Academy of Sciences]

Zharikova T.S.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia

Shkerdina M.I.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia

Nikolenko V.N.

Chair of Normal Anatomy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

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