What are the advantages of minimally invasive biliopancreatic surgery?

  In biliary and pancreatic surgery, the traditional open surgery is very traumatic, with an abdominal incision of more than 20 cm long and slow postoperative recovery, which is often daunting to patients. At the same time, the anatomical location of the biliary tract and pancreas is located around important blood vessels in the abdominal cavity, which makes resection difficult, and after resection, biliary-intestinal, pancreatic-intestinal, gastrointestinal and even vascular anastomoses need to be performed, which requires high technical requirements for anastomosis and restricts the development of minimally invasive biliopancreatic surgery.  The advent of da Vinci robot, relying on its 3D imaging, 10 times image magnification, and fibrillation elimination technology, has solved the bottleneck of complex biliopancreatic minimally invasive surgery. With the remote console, special surgical instruments and high-definition lumpectomy equipment, the system “can see areas that cannot be seen by human eyes and can do actions that cannot be done by human hands”, making it the most advanced field of minimally invasive surgery development. The robotic system’s mechanical arm can rotate 360 degrees, which makes suturing precise and convenient, and provides a clearer surgical field of view and a more accurate imaging system, making the surgery more delicate, precise and accurate, with less intraoperative bleeding, and ultimately achieving rapid postoperative recovery, reflecting its unique minimally invasive advantages in biliary and pancreatic surgery.  With the introduction of the third-generation da Vinci robotic surgery system, the minimally invasive team led by Professor Wang Jian, Director of Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, has seized the opportunity to apply robotic surgery to complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries under the guidance of “the concept of minimally invasive precision surgery”. We have skillfully performed many difficult biliary and pancreatic surgeries, while effectively avoiding various complications and achieving a 100% cure rate. While curing patients, it minimizes the trauma of patients and provides guarantee for their rapid recovery.   It has the advantages of small surgical incision, less bleeding and fast postoperative recovery. With the successful implementation of more and more robotic surgeries, it marks that the biliary and pancreatic surgery department of Renji Hospital has entered the “robotic minimally invasive era”.