Surgery today: from soldering iron to computer

The reform of medical concepts,development of medical knowledge and innovation of medical techniques bring surgeons from the era of soldering iron to the digital era.In the 21st century,the demand for an excellent surgeon goes beyond by adding minimal invasiveness and optinal recovery of patients.With modern technology,we could obtain the information of external presentations as well as the internal relationship of organs by three dimensional reconstructions.With virtual technologies and robotic surgical systems,preoperative surgery planning and remote control of surgery could be realized currently.These changes are not only the reformation of minimally invasive surgcry,but also the trends of development of surgery in the 21st century.