Learner's definition of DITHER. [singular] informal. : a very nervous, confused, or excited state â usually used in the phrase in a dither. They're in a dither over what to do next. The news of his arrival had us (all) in a dither.
Hepatectomy is the surgical resection (removal of all or part) of the liver. While the term is often employed for the removal of the liver from a liver transplant donor, this article will focus on partial resections of hepatic tissue and hepatoportoenterostomy. 1  1 History.  2 Indications.
Surgery to remove bile duct cancers in the liver. If your cancer is in the bile ducts in your liver (intrahepatic bile duct cancer), your surgeon may be able to remove it and some of the surrounding liver tissue. This operation is called a resection or a hepatectomy. Sometimes the surgeon needs to remove one of the lobes of the liver.