Visceral medicine 2021: Latest developments and future aspects in visceral surgery

ABSTRACT

The structural transition of the health care system in Germany is accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, therapeutical concepts of the broad spectrum of abdominal diseases are permanently changing. Our common patients benefit from the close collaboration between gastroenterologists and visceral surgeons. The present article gives an overview of relevant, innovative, and interesting developments in 2021 and beyond from the surgical perspective.