How Far Can We Go with Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma? Laparoscopic Sectionectomy of the Liver Combined with the Resection of the Major Hepatic Vein Main Trunk

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Last step of resection. View for the root of hepatic vein (intraoperative findings of case 3). After completion of liver parenchymal transaction, the root of hepatic vein (arrow head) was clearly observed in the laparoscopic magnified view from caudal and dorsal direction. The root of hepatic vein was divided safely with lineal stapler and specimen was removed thereafter.