The development and prospects of liver surgery

Abstract

Surgical treatment is the classic treatment modality for focal liver diseases. In 140 years, liver surgery is constantly evolving, along with advances in understanding anatomy, physiology, and emergence of technologies. During the last 30 years, many surgical techniques used in the modern ages became available since the 1990s, and liver surgery is becoming a routine procedure in many hospitals in China because of the significant decrease in surgical mortality. Furthermore, liver surgery is playing an increasingly important role in multimodality treatment for liver cancer while the treatment pattern is also changing because of progresses in systemic treatment. The progresses in liver surgery are summarized in the article.