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Fig. 3

From: The segment IV approach: a useful method for achieving the critical view of safety during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with anomalous bile duct

Fig. 3

a Preoperative drip infusion cholangiography CT image. The white arrow indicates the cystic duct branched off the aberrant posterior sectional duct. b The imaginary diagonal line (D-line) of the segment IV of the liver (yellow arrow) was identified. c. Dissection of the gallbladder proceeded along the D-line (yellow arrow). The cystic structure was dissected towards the D-line (white arrow). d The critical view of safety was achieved

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