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Methods of retracting the left liver lobe. The Nathanson liver retractor method (a), Penrose method (b), and silicon disk method (c) are shown. In our case (d), the first bifurcation of the portal vein was behind the gallbladder; therefore, the Nathanson retractor compressed the posterior and inferior branches of the portal vein
