Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is increasing in this era of minimal invasive liver surgery.LLR for HCC is currently known to be a safer procedure than it was before because of technical advances and improvement in postoperative patient management and remains the first-line treatment for HCC in compensated cirrhosis in many centers.We have the chance of analyzing the paper about the comparison between Middle Eastern and Western experience for LLR as treatment of HCC.