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and inferior hepatic segments and may provide benefits over standard laparoscopy during resections in
posteriorly and superiorly located tumours.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to conception and design of the study and performed data analysis and
interpretation: Labadie KP, Park JO, Sham JG
Performed data acquisition, as well as provided administrative, technical, and material support: Labadie KP,
Park JO

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
Dr. James O. Park received an educational grant of < $10,000 from Intuitive Surgical Inc for research related
to the 3D real time navigation development.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.

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