“…Several hemostatic devices, such as ones providing soft coagulation with a monopolar electrode, a monopolar floating ball (TissueLink; Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc., Portsmouth, NH, USA), a Coolinside device (Apeiron Medical, Valencia, Spain), and the bipolar forceps coagulation, have been used clinically in recent years [ 3 , 15 , 18 , 27 , 28 ]. Bipolar cautery also offers advantages in terms of reduced blood loss during hepatectomy and shortened operation time [ 29 , 30 ]. Each device has its own advantage; however, to date, there is no consensus on the ideal method for hepatectomy.…”