Hybrid Laparoscopic and Robotic Hepatopancreaticoduodenectomy for Cholangiocarcinoma

ConclusionHepatopancreaticoduodenectomy has a long operative time, involves complicated anatomical structures and difficulty of R0 resection, and it is a remaining frontier of minimally invasive surgery. However, we expect that highly selected patients can carefully undergo minimally invasive surgery if the advantages of the currently available surgical methods are well utilized.
Source: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research