Perspective of laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Possible conditions for the expansion of liver resection indication with laparoscopic liver resection

Patient group	Indications
Patients with severe liver dysfunction (Child-Pugh B/C)	LLR for subcapsular HCCs, particularly for the tumors on suspended ruptures
	LLR as the bridging therapy to liver transplantation, with the advantage of examination and evaluation of tumor pathology before transplantation
	LLR for HCCs in the patients with hepatitis B virus-related severe liver dysfunction without previous antiviral treatments who could acquire the recovery of liver function after antiviral treatments[62]
Patients with repeat lesions	Repeat LLR for the patients with deteriorated liver function and multicentric metachronous HCCs who have undergone multiple treatments and are usually treated with local ablation therapy, transarterial chemoembolization, or sorafenib

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; LLR: Laparoscopic liver resection.