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

Figure 6

Encircling and clamping of the Glissonian pedicle of the section (intraoperative findings of case 3). At the first step after cholecystectomy, the right anterior branch of Glissonian pedicle was encircled, taped, and clamped with detachable Bulldog Clamp (left). Liver transection was started on the ischemic line with the clamp (not transection) of the pedicle (right).

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