Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	64296
Country	Japan

Category	Engineering, Biomedical
Manuscript Type	Review
Article Title	Current trends in three-dimensional visualization and real-time navigation as well as robot-assisted technologies in hepatobiliary surgery
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Yun Wang, Di Cao, Si-Lin Chen, Yu-Mei Li, Yun-Wen Zheng and Nobuhiro Ohkohchi
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National Natural Science Foundation of China 82070638 National Natural Science Foundation of China 81770621 JSPS KAKENHI JP18H02866
Corresponding Author	Yun-Wen Zheng, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8575, Ibaraki, Japan. ywzheng@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
Key Words	Hepatobiliary surgery; Three-dimensional visualization; Three-dimensional printing; Electromagnetic tracking; Real-time navigation; Robot-assisted surgery
Core Tip	This paper analyzes the latest trends in three-dimensional visualization, robot-assisted surgery, and electromagnetic intraoperative navigation in hepatobiliary surgery and summarizes the advantages and limitations of existing technologies and potential solution strategies. It also analyzes existing real-time intraoperative navigation, compares optical tracking navigation to electromagnetic tracking navigation with a focus on the advantages and existing limitations, and attempts to improve the program as an educational learning tool for new physicians. Additionally, it aims to popularize hepatobiliary surgery as digital medicine and tries to illustrate a direction for the advancement and development of digital medicine in hepatobiliary surgery.
Citation	Wang Y, Cao D, Chen SL, Li YM, Zheng YW, Ohkohchi N. Current trends in three-dimensional visualization and real-time navigation as well as robot-assisted technologies in hepatobiliary surgery. World J Gastrointest Surg 2021; 13(9): 904-922

Received	2021-02-14 14:18
Peer-Review Started	2021-02-14 14:19
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2021-04-06 04:50
Revised	2021-04-19 03:15
Second Decision	2021-08-02 02:49
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2021-08-02 07:33
Articles in Press	2021-08-02 07:33
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Typeset the Manuscript	2021-09-18 01:22

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