The status and prospects of laparoscopic surgery        ZHENG Min-Hua. Department of General Surgery，Ruijin Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine，Clinical Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Shanghai 200025，China
Abstract With the 20 years development of laparoscopic surgery, the laparoscopic technique has been applied in almost all fields of general surgery, such as gastroentrology, hepatic surgery, biliary, thyroid surgery and so on. When the specialization and standardization coming, the technique of laparoscopic surgery will get a even better future.