The Emerging Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gallbladder Cancer: A Comparison to open Surgery

Gallbladder cancer is a rare malignancy [1], for which surgery remains the only curative option. The extent of the surgery has changed throughout the years [2]. Currently a radical cholecystectomy, typically including central hepatectomy with part of segments 4b/5 for a negative margin and portal lymph node dissection, is the recommended procedure for tumors T1b and beyond [3,4]. Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has become the standard of care for routine cholecystectomies for benign disease, since it offers safe outpatient surgery, minimal scarring and comparable surgical outcomes when compared with open surgery [5,6].