The SUPER reporting guideline suggested for reporting of surgical technique.

"Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://hbsn.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/hbsn-22-509/coif). KZ, GSL, XT and SDW are full-time employees of AME Publishing Company, the publisher of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition. RHP has received speaker fees from Medtronic, AMBU, Medela and AstraZeneca and is the Advisory Board member of AstraZeneca, MSD and Roche. CSHN has received consulting fees from Medtronic & Johnson and Johnson. AT reports consulting fee from Intuitive. MFJ has received consulting and lecture fees from Medtronic and Intuitive. AYO reports educational and research grants from Artivion and Terumo Aortic to his institution. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare."

"Funding: This project is supported by the AME Reporting Guidelines Research Fund ( No. 2020-1016-885 ) and Lanzhou University Research Unit for Evidence-Based Evaluation and Guidelines, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Fund ( 2021RU017 ). The study sponsor participated in the design, with no involvement in collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data, in the writing of the article."

"Trial Registration https://www.equator-network.org/library/reporting-guidelines-under-development/reporting-guidelines-under-development-for-other-study-designs/#SUPER"