State-of-the-Art and Development Trends of Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery

Compared with traditional surgery, minimally invasive surgery has the advantages of less complications and quick postoperative recovery. Therefore, modern surgery is developing towards the direction of minimally invasive. while minimally invasive pancreatic surgeries are rather challenging and develop slowly, due to the limits with different operation techniques, long operation time and different operation outcomes, which are only carried out in high-volume pancreatic surgery centers. This special coverage topic will elaborate our long-term experience and the key points to overcome the operational difficulties in laparoscopic and robotic pancreas surgery. In order to promote the development of minimally invasive pancreatic technology and benefit more patients (especially pancreatic cancer patients), some suggestions and prospects with the latest research results at home and abroad are put forward for the future development of this field.