Laparoscopic Extended Segmentectomy VIII Guided by Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Hepatic Veins with a Cranio-Caudal Approach.

Preoperative virtual hepatectomy facilitates surgical planning by increasing the understanding of the tumors-vessels relationship. Intraoperative hepatic vein guidance with a cranio-caudal approach enables to follow preoperative surgical planning and to perform safe complex laparoscopic liver resection.