Laparoscopic Donor Left Lateral Sectionectomy Using the Glissonean Pedicle Approach: Technical Details With Video

Pure laparoscopy for living donor hepatectomy is gaining popularity due to its advantages. However, despite the long-standing application of laparoscopic donor left lateral sectionectomy, the dissection of the Glisson branch, portal vein, and biliary ducts, particularly those of the caudate lobe, remains insufficiently described. Although the Glissonean approach offers easy standardization for hilar dissection, clear landmarks for parenchymal transection, and reduces postoperative bile leakage, it has not been widely adopted in laparoscopic donor hepatectomy. Here, we introduce a modified Glissonean pedicle approach to address the movement restrictions in laparoscopic surgery.

After liver mobilization, the Glisson of Spiegel lobe (G1L) was divided, followed by encircling the left Glissonean pedicle. A tape for the liver hanging maneuver was placed from the right edge of the left Glissonean pedicle, along the Arantius plate, to the left edge of the left hepatic vein. When the parenchymal transection was completed, the left hepatic vein was automatically taped. The left hepatic artery and left portal vein were exposed, and some branches of P1 were divided to lengthen for anastomosis. The left hepatic duct was taped by removing the left hepatic artery and left hepatic vein from the left Glissonean pedicle. The left hepatic duct was divided under intraoperative cholangiography. Next, the left hepatic artery, left portal vein, and left hepatic vein were sequentially divided, and the graft liver was retrieved.

Our Glissonean approach can help standardize donor left lateral sectionectomy, minimize the exposure of the left hepatic duct, and clarify B1 branch dissection.