title: Laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy.
abstract: Shortage of deceased donor organs led to establishment of living donor liver transplantation. Recent reports have strongly suggested that laparoscopic approach should be the gold standard for lesions in the left lateral section. Laparoscopic living donor left lateral sectionectomy was first described in 2002. Subsequently, laparoscopic procurement of left lateral sections was shown to be safe and reproducible, resulting in grafts similar to those obtained with open surgery. In 2006, laparoscopy-assisted right lobe donor hepatectomy was reported. To date, however, only a small number of liver transplant centers have performed laparoscopic donor hepatectomy because the procedure can be performed only by surgical teams with extensive expertise in performing both minimally invasive surgery on the liver and liver transplantation with partial and living donor liver grafts. Herein, we describe the details of laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy including total laparoscopic surgery and laparoscopy-assisted surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Hun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Hwan
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Yong
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Gi-Won
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Gil-Chun
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Gyu
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Donor hepatectomy; Laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopy-assisted surgery; Living donor liver transplantation