["Jet scalpel" in the liver resection]

The use of the "jet scalpel" in liver resection allows the vascular-ductal structures to be adequately separated. This, in turn, prevents the risk of leaving hepatic areas devoid of blood supply or bile drainage, contributes to essential decrease of intraoperative blood loss, and decrease of the number of postoperative complications: bile seeping, biliary peritonitis, hepatic insufficiency, etc. The obtained results provide evidence that the use of the "jet scalpel" in surgical hepatology is advisable.