[Management of liver injuries]

Evidently, the most frequent cause for surgical intervention on liver is traumatic rupture of the liver, which are often irregular or multiple. The therapy is not uniform. In noncomplicated ruptures the best management is to remove necrotic tissue by digitoklasis and individual ligation of blood vessels and bile ducts with interrupted suture. In extensive lesion, where a large part of hepatic parenchyma is devitalized, the best results are achieved by resection. The mortality largely depends on well-timed operation, whereas each delay increases the surgical risk.