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Figure 5. Operative procedure for gallbladder tumor of the fundus/body suspected to be T1b/T2 gallbladder carcinoma-5 (cystic plate). When the transection line reached the right side of the hilar plate, the lymph nodes around the bile duct were dissected and the root of the cystic duct (arrowhead) was exposed and divided. The cystic plate including the cystic duct and artery was attached to the resected liver, and dissection from the hepatic duct to the right Glissonian pedicle was performed