| Classification of hepatectomies |
| French terminology (couinaud) |
Anglo saxon terminology (goldsmith & woodburne) |
| I posterolateral sectorectomy |
1. posterior segmentectomy |
| II segmentectomy |
2. subsegmentectomy |
| III right hepatectomy |
3. right lobectomy |
| IV left hepatectomy |
4. left lobectomy |
| V right lobectomy |
5. extended right lobectomy (trisegmentectomy of starzl) |
| VI left lobectomy |
6. left lateral lobectomy |