虽然结直肠外科是普外科的一部分，但当前在中国结直肠外科医师正在成为一个专科医师，就像胸外科、心血管外科、泌尿科医师等。因为他们具有特殊的知识和技术，因此作为结直肠外科医师应在某些方面比普外科医师接受更多相关的训练并具有较高素质。

What fundamental quality should colorectal surgeons be ? YU Bao-ming. Department of Colorectal Surgery , Shanghai No.8 People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200235 ,China Abstract Though colorectal surgery is just a branch of general surgery but in our country colorectal surgeon has now becoming a specialist in general surgeon just like thoracic surgeon , cardio-vascular surgeon , urologist , pedologic surgeon , orthopedist , neurologic surgeon , etc. due to its special field of knowledge and technique in surgery . So as a specialist colorectal surgeon one must be trained in several related aspects more than general surgeon and should be a higher fundamental quality surgeon .