| Title: |
Achievements, Challenges and Promises of Minimally Invasive Liver Transplantation |
| Authors: |
Clara Gomez; Ismail Labgaa; Elias Karam; Federica Dondero; Nassiba Beghdadi; Christian Hobeika; Safi Dokmak; Mickaël Lesurtel |
| Source: |
Transplant International, Vol 39 (2026) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: |
laparoscopy; minimally invasive surgery; minimally invasive liver transplantation; robotic surgery; liver transplantation; Specialties of internal medicine; RC581-951 |
| Description: |
The integration of minimal invasive (MIS) techniques in liver transplantation (LT) emerged as a natural progression following advances in laparoscopic and robotic hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. However, it poses specific challenges that are inherent to LT. Chronologically, it is a recent topic that only emerged 2 decades ago in donors and recently in recipients, but it has showed a meteoric rise with tremendous progress over the last years. This review aimed to provide a comprehensive yet synthetic overview of the available data on minimal invasive liver transplantation (MILT), for both donor hepatectomy (DH), recipient hepatectomy and graft implantation. Developments were numerous: top-notch technical skills have not only been reported but have foremost been performed worldwide by an increasing number of groups. Technology also played a central role, as exemplified by the integration of 3D visualization techniques, the utilization of indocyanine green (ICG) near-infrared fluorescence camera system or the use of robotic technology. Research efforts finally illustrated this progress with a rapid rise of number of publications and adoption. The present analysis of the available data permitted to identify gaps that may be valuable to explore by future research projects. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/articles/10.3389/ti.2026.15366/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1432-2277; https://doaj.org/article/07f976b76c2442f2838598d73326000a |
| DOI: |
10.3389/ti.2026.15366 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3389/ti.2026.15366; https://doaj.org/article/07f976b76c2442f2838598d73326000a |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.7B61A58F |
| Database: |
BASE |