Hepatectomies by Laparoscopic Approach: Intra-Glissonian Approach versus Extra-Glissonian and Posterior Approach

Abstract

Surgery continues to evolve, and the laparoscopic approach for liver resections is now becoming well established. This chapter outlines three surgical approaches via the laparoscopic route. First is the traditional dissection of structures outside the liver and then two separate accounts of the use of the posterior approach to the hilum of the liver, essentially duplicating techniques which are carried out via the open posterior approach as detailed earlier in this book.