Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery is known to be a particularly difficult field in gastrointestinal surgery. In order to educate the expert Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgeons who are able to perform safe and reliable high-level procedures, the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery (JSHBPS) initiated a board-certification system for expert surgeons in 2008.
However, even now, complications such as Pancreatic Fistula and postoperative hemorrhage still occur at a certain rate in high-level hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery.
Cooperation between several medical departments including surgeons, IVR physicians and endoscopists is important to overcome these complications.
In this section, we generally explain the procedure of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, reconstructive procedures, postoperative complications as well as surgical management.
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