Open Access Textbook of General Surgery Surgical Diseases of the Liver
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The liver is the largest abdominal organ, weighing approximately 1500g and extends from the fifth intercostal space to the right costal margin. It is wedge shaped, its apex reaching the left midclavicular line in the fifth intercostal space. The liver is attached to the undersurface of the diaphragm by suspensory ligaments which enclose a “bare area”, the only part of its surface without a peritoneal covering.
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