Abstract
With the continuous accumulation of laparoscopic radical resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma(PHC), the safety and feasibility have been confirmed, and some studies have shown that considering the comparable long-term prognosis and short-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery and open surgery, laparoscopic surgery could be a technically feasible surgical method for PHC patients of all Bismuth-Corlette types. However, laparoscopic radical resection for PHC is still challenging and controversial due to the complex operation process, surgery-related complications and quality control in different centers. How to solve some key points and difficulties in the operation process, reduce surgical complications, improve the survival prognosis of patients, to make the operation widely popularized and applied are urgent problems for hepatobiliary surgeons. In this paper, some technical difficulties and key points of laparoscopic radical resection for PHC are discussed with the author's team surgical experience and related literature.
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