軟結腸鏡的臨床應用在腸道疾病的診斷及治療上是一大進步，不但能診斷大腸及末端回腸疾病，更重要的是可以用來治療一些經保守治療無效的下消化道內科疾病以及一些外科疾病，如腸息肉、腸扭轉等需外科手術才能治愈的疾病可用軟結腸鏡治療。我們對1987年7月至2001年8月采用軟結腸鏡診治的低位腸梗阻、乙狀結腸扭轉、假性結腸梗阻、下消化道出血、良性腸狹窄及腸道息肉等9 051例需外科處理的疾病加以探討，以提高軟結腸鏡在治療外科疾病中的安全性及療效。
Chest wall surgery used to be a subspecialty of traditional thoracic surgery, which has an ancient history of research and clinical practice. It has gradually become an independent professional field in recent years. With the change of concept and the progress of interdisciplines, we have deepened our understanding of related diseases, and the treatment of chest wall surgical diseases has also acquired new characteristics. This article reviews the progress in the treatment of chest wall surgical diseases including chest wall trauma, chest wall deformity, chest wall tumor, chest wall infection and chest wall defect from the perspective of chest wall surgery.