Full laparoscopic anatomical liver segment Ⅶ resection with preferred Glissonean pedicle and dorsal hepatic approach

Anatomical liver resection was an option for liver cancer proposed by the Japanese scholar Masatoshi Makuuchi in 1985 [1].Reich et al.performed the first laparoscopic liver resection in1991 [2].The safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic anatomical liver resection had been verified in recent years [2-4].However,laparoscopic anatomical segmentⅦliver resection (LAS7) was the most difficult procedure because of complex adjacent structures,difficult exposure,and limited laparoscopic view [3,5].