A surgical procedure to stitch or suture wounds or tears in the liver.
From Greek 'hepar' (liver) + 'rhaphe' (seam, suture). This surgical term emerged as operative techniques for liver trauma and surgery were refined in the 19th-20th centuries.
Hepatorrhaphy requires extraordinary surgical skill because the liver is highly vascular—even small tears bleed profusely—and modern surgeons have learned that simply letting mild liver injuries heal on their own often works better than trying to stitch them.
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