Surgical resection remains a curative-intent treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, but procedure-specific evidence for open minor hepatectomy using Takasaki’s Glissonean pedicle control remains limited. We retrospectively reviewed 74 consecutive patients with histologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent elective open minor hepatectomy, defined as resection of fewer than three Couinaud segments, using Takasaki-style Glissonean pedicle control at a Vietnamese hepatopancreatobi