Mr. Zhu, who lives in Sunan, is 82 years old, has suffered from heart disease for many years and his health has been less than ideal. In the past three months, he often felt nauseous and had no appetite, which led to severe anemia and weakening of his body, and it was only when he went to the hospital for examination that he was found to have advanced cardia cancer. After repeated consultations, his family brought him to the minimally invasive general surgery ward of our hospital to undergo laparoscopic radical surgery for gastric cancer, taking into account his old age, weak basic constitution and poor surgical tolerance. During the operation, Sun Yueming, deputy director of general surgery and director of minimally invasive ward of our hospital, led the surgical team, and with rich experience in open surgery and skillful laparoscopic operation technique, made five “keyholes” of 0.5 to 1.0 cm in diameter in the patient’s abdomen, and with the help of good illumination and open field of view of the laparoscope, used the specially designed The ultrasonic knife on the laparoscopic instrument was used to separate and excise the gastric cancer lesion, and it took more than 4 hours to thoroughly clear the lymph nodes around the lesion, completing an operation that previously required an incision of more than 20 cm. The entire operation was less invasive, with minimal bleeding. The old man was able to walk on the ground the next day and was discharged from the hospital soon. I learned that in recent years, due to the rapid development of minimally invasive surgery technology, more and more patients like Mr. Zhu choose minimally invasive surgery to remove gastrointestinal tumors in hospitals. In 2000, complex laparoscopic non-gallbladder surgery accounted for less than 10% of the total minimally invasive surgery, but in 2008, it has increased to 30.7%, and a considerable part of them were radical laparoscopic gastrointestinal tumor surgery. In the past five years, more than 100 cases of laparoscopic radical surgery for gastric cancer and more than 300 cases of radical surgery for colorectal cancer have been completed. Director Sun Yueming said that many clinical studies in recent years have shown that laparoscopic technology can achieve the same curative effect as traditional open surgery in the surgical treatment of malignant gastrointestinal tumors, and laparoscopic radical surgery for intestinal cancer has gradually become the “gold standard” in the surgical treatment of intestinal cancer. A controlled study of 300 patients who underwent open surgery and laparoscopic surgery showed that the recurrence rate of laparoscopic radical bowel cancer was similar to that of traditional open surgery, and the lymph node clearance rate was significantly better than that of the latter. ”Compared with traditional open surgery, laparoscopic surgery has the advantages of good illumination, open field of vision, flexible operation, short operation time, less patient pain and fast recovery. Take laparoscopic radical gastric cancer surgery as an example, due to the less traumatic surgery, patients have less postoperative pain and faster recovery of gastrointestinal tract functions, which enables patients to reduce the use of adjuvant drugs such as antibiotics and nutritional support, and significantly shortens the postoperative recovery time and hospitalization time. In addition, minimally invasive surgery also has certain advantages for the follow-up treatment of tumors.” Director Sun Yueming introduced that minimally invasive surgery is an important direction for the development of surgery in the new century. Since the laparoscopic surgery technology, which represents the development of minimally invasive surgery technology, has been applied in the clinic since the 1980s, from treating benign diseases to curing malignant tumors, from simple gallbladder removal to complex pancreaticoduodenectomy, the scope of surgery has been expanded and the quality of surgery has been improved. Take Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital, which has been in the forefront of minimally invasive surgery technology in China, for example, since the opening of the minimally invasive general surgery ward in 2003, we have completed more than 10,000 minimally invasive surgeries, covering various surgical procedures such as laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, pancreatic surgery, pancreatic surgery and various hernia repair surgeries, etc. We have also helped 16 sister provinces and cities in China to train more than 300 laparoscopic surgeons. It has also helped train more than 300 laparoscopic surgeons in 16 sister provinces and cities across China. Experts predict that with the advent of minimally invasive surgery, the proportion of laparoscopic radical gastrointestinal tumor surgery in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors will continue to expand, and it is expected that more patients will benefit from this technology and avoid the pain of open surgery.