Introduction : Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignant disease in Vietnam with a high mortality rate. The use of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has progressively spread in the last 5 years in our country. Althought treatments are dependent primarily on the stages of disease, locations, sizes, and number of tumors. In addition, laparoscopy leads to less post-operative abdominal adhesions and improving operative outcomes.

Methods : Evaluation Short-term outcome of patients with diagnosis of HCC who underwent laparoscopic left lobe liver resection totally from August 2018 to August 2019 at our Department.

Results : There were 11 male (84,6%) and 2 female (15,4%), with a male to female ratio of 5.5: 1; mean age 58.46 ?8.67 years; Positive rates fos hepatitis B is 30.8% ; All Child's Class A cirrhotics; 53.8% of cases had tumors located in segment 2 and segment 3 and 84.6% has a single tumor; The mean tumor size is 51.6 ?26.7 mm; The operation time is 163.08 ?14.94 minutes; The median postoperative hospital stay is: 7.54 ?1.15 days; No patients had necessity for blood transfusion; The complication rate and mortality rate is 0%.

Conclusions : Laparoscopic left lobe liver resection for HCC is safe and feasible procedure