title: Current Technical Issues for Surgery of Primary Liver Cancer.
abstract: Primary liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide. Apart from liver transplantation, surgical resection has been accepted as the effective local treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common primary liver cancers. Recent technological innovations including navigation technology and intraoperative real-time fluorescence guidance have been utilized for liver resections in clinical practice. With respect to liver resection techniques, the laparoscopic approach has been increasingly gaining popularity as one of the minimally-invasive treatments of HCC. These technological innovations and technical advancements are expected to further improve the safety and efficacy of liver resections.
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshikuni
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary Center, Paul Brousse Hospital, Université Paris Sud, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cherqui
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokudo
keywords: Fluorescence imaging technique; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopic liver resection; Three-dimensional computed tomography