Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy: Right Posterior Section Graft

The use of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) is widespread owing to its several advantages, especially smaller incision (Kaneko et al., Ann Gastroenterol Surg 1:33–43, 1; Ciria et al., Surg Endosc 34:349–360, 2). However, both posterior sectionectomy and donor hepatectomy are extremely difficult procedures to perform in LLR (Hasegawa et al., Ann Gastroenterol Surg 2:376–382, 3; Soubrane and Kwon, J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 24:E1–E5, 4;...