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Figure 1. Trends of annual numbers of laparoscopic hepatectomies in Japan (1993-2019). Since the first insurance reimbursement in 2010, the numbers of laparoscopic hepatectomies have progressively increased, and this increase has been further boosted by the extension of insurance support to a wider range of hepatectomy procedures in 2016. This figure was created based on the 15th Nationwide Survey of Endoscopic Surgery.