Laparoscopic left hemihepatectomy is suitable as a first step in pure laparoscopic major hepatectomy.
Yasushi HasegawaHiroyuki NittaTakeshi TakaharaHirokatsu KatagiriShoji KannoKoki OtsukaAkira SasakiPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2018)
Left hemihepatectomy is suitable as a first step in pure laparoscopic major hepatectomy and, given its safety and rapid learning curve for surgeons, it could become the gold standard procedure.