Fig. 3From: Laennec’s approach for laparoscopic anatomical hemihepatectomyThe Laennec’s capsule does exist around the peripheral hepatic veins. The Laennec’s capsule (arrows) was identified to cover the peripheral hepatic vein branch walls of the segment II (A, B), III (C, D), IV (E, F), V (G, H), VI (I, J), VII (K, L), and VII (M, N) using H&E and Mallory staining. Near the terminal course of the peripheral vein branches, the Laennec’s capsule gradually becomes less apparent or even disappears as the hepatic veins become thinner (O and P)Back to article page