Prospect and destination of biliary surgery in the era of minimally invasive surgery / 中华消化外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Bile duct has great attraction to surgeons due to its special anatomical location,unique biological features and origin of complicate diseases.Minimally invasive surgery,represented by laparoscopic cholecystectomy and Davinci robotic surgical system,has brought technic revolutions to traditional biliary surgery.In order to understand the prospect and regression of biliary surgery in the new era,we need to upgrade the knowledge of the biliary system,and systemically investigate the anatomy and development of bile duct.The study of biliary system should follow the path of extrahepatic system to hilar and then to the intrahepatic system,and the intrahepatic biliary disease should be emphasised in this new era.