Ten years retrospective review of the application of digital medical technology in general surgery in China / 中华外科杂志

Digital medical technology is a powerful tool which has forcefully promoted the development of general surgery in China. In this article, we reviews the application status of three-dimensional visualization and three-dimensional printing technology in general surgery, introduces the development situation of surgical navigation guided by optical and electromagnetic technology and preliminary attempt to combined with mixed reality applied to complicated hepatectomy, looks ahead the development direction of digital medicine in the era of artificial intelligence and big data on behalf of surgical robot and radiomics. Surgeons should proactively master these advanced techniques and accelerate the innovative development of general surgery in China.

Evaluation and selection of various techniques of liver parenchymal transection / 中华消化外科杂志

Various techniques of liver parenchymal transection have been introduced,including the finger fracture technique,clamp-crush method,Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator,waterjet,TissueLink,Ligasure,harmonic scalpel,vascular stapler,radiofrequency dissection sealer and the Peng's multifunction operative dissector.All these techniques have the common goals of achieving rapid liver parenchymal transection,minimizing blood loss and preventing bile leak or fistula.It is still unclear which technique is the best.The technique of choice for any individual surgeon would depend on the condition of patients,surgeon's experience and the resources available.This article reviewed the current development and role of the various techniques.