Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery and Atlas

Author: He Jianxing
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: The purpose of medicine is to serve humanity. Therefore, the patient-centered medical philosophy makes the standard of a good surgeon in the 21st century not just about curing diseases, but also about healing people. It requires optimizing the use of medical equipment and instruments while improving corresponding techniques and skills to minimize trauma to patients while treating their illnesses. Before the 1990s, the standard of a good physician was the ability to cure diseases. However, if physicians only focused on this, they often paid insufficient attention to postoperative syndromes such as unattractive scars, mobility issues, and psychological depression. With the advancement of medical technology, the philosophy of surgeons has also evolved in step with the times. After the 1990s, especially since the 21st century, the patient-centered concept has become even more deeply rooted. The role of a good surgeon is to heal patients and make them healthy individuals, not just to treat a specific disease. Just as, before the 1970s, industrial development focused on meeting the basic needs of the population for warmth and food, and by the 1990s, after addressing these needs, the protection of the earth's environment, ecology, and healthy eating habits became a top priority, so the improvement of human quality of life also requires medical standards to keep pace. The development of surgical science emphasizes protecting the human body while treating diseases, avoiding excessive trauma. For example, a traditional large incision repair surgery for a pneumothorax patient can only cure the pneumothorax and shortness of breath but leaves behind lifelong scars,, and reduced mobility and work capacity. If minimally invasive techniques are used instead to repair the pneumothorax, it can achieve the same results as the traditional large incision surgery without these postoperative issues. This is the style of a modern good surgeon.