ABSTRACT
Hepatolithiasis is a common and persistent disease in hepatobiliary surgery, which is one of the most important leading causes of death in patients with benign biliary tract diseases. Traditional of diagnosis and treatment options of hepatolithiasis have limitations, recently the rising of three-dimensional visualization technology provides doctors with fresh thinking and approaches. Three-dimensional visualization technology can accurately evaluate the anatomical structure and pathological condition of the liver, at the same time it plays an important role in guiding hepatectomy, choledochoscopic lithotripsy and biliary drainage. Three-dimensional printing and intraoperative navigation, which based on three-dimensional visualization technology, also has good application prospects. This paper summarized the application of three-dimensional visualization technology for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatolithiasis in order to help the future research.