Liver transplantation from
living donors is a potential
treatment for end-stage
liver disease. With advancement of laparoscopic
techniques and development of surgical
devices, laparoscopic
liver resection is becoming increasingly popular because of the minimal invasiveness and excellent cosmetic outcomes. However, owing to technical difficulties, pure laparoscopic
donor hepatectomy develops relatively slowly. Pure laparoscopic
donor hepatectomy has the great advantage of reducing
morbidity, minimizing
tissue trauma, and improving
postoperative pain and cosmetic outcome. However, pure laparoscopic
donor hepatectomy may result in a longer operation
time and increased
risk of
bile duct injury. With continuous technical development and building experience for
standardization of the
technique, pure laparoscopic
donor hepatectomy is expected to be further expanded in the
future.