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What is a liver laceration?

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The liver is a large organ in the right upper part of the abdomen. When people have severe trauma to the abdomen it can rip (the laceration) and cause life threatening bleeding (or bleeding that is not bad - it varies). If the bleeding if felt to be serious the treatment is to do surgery and repair it.

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