The source of the concept of minimally invasive surgery The development of minimally invasive surgery in China The source of the concept of minimally invasive The source of the concept of minimally invasive When people come into the hospital after being ill, they are bound to suffer some physical and mental damage, trauma or injury in the whole process of completing medical treatment, whether it is the diagnosis or treatment of the disease, but the degree of which may vary. “To achieve and maintain the best internal environmental stability (local and systemic) with as little or as much trauma as possible is the goal that doctors constantly pursue; “to achieve the same good results with as little cost to the patient as possible is the eternal theme in the history of medicine “. As early as the 4th century B.C., the ancient Greek medical scientist Hippocrates advised doctors “not to do too much”, which already implied the concept of “the smallest possible trauma”. With the development of modern science and medical technology, the term minimally invasive appeared in the English medical literature: in 1985, British urologists Payne and Wickham first used the term minimally invasive procedure in their report on endoscopic treatment of urinary tract stones, and the Chinese term means “In 1985, the term minimally invasive procedure was first used by British urologists Payne and Wickham in a report on endoscopic treatment of urinary tract stones, with the Chinese term meaning “minimally invasive” or “minimally invasive operation”. and is widely used. However, “what is called ‘minimally invasive’? At present, there is no common scale and uniform definition”.