{"title":"A long journey with minimally invasive surgery.","authors":"Youngjin Kim, Seung-Yong Jeong","doi":"10.7602/jmis.2025.28.3.117","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has transformed surgical oncology practice over the past four decades. This narrative reflects on Korea's pioneering role in MIS, particularly in colorectal surgery, chronicling its evolution from early laparoscopic cholecystectomy to advanced robotic procedures. Through personal experience, institutional milestones, and landmark clinical trials-including the COREAN trial-this Presidential Lecture at KSERS 2025 reviews the challenges, milestones, and future direction of MIS. It underscores the need for evidence-based surgical innovation and sustained commitment to clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":73832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","volume":"28 3","pages":"117-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12439045/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of minimally invasive surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7602/jmis.2025.28.3.117","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has transformed surgical oncology practice over the past four decades. This narrative reflects on Korea's pioneering role in MIS, particularly in colorectal surgery, chronicling its evolution from early laparoscopic cholecystectomy to advanced robotic procedures. Through personal experience, institutional milestones, and landmark clinical trials-including the COREAN trial-this Presidential Lecture at KSERS 2025 reviews the challenges, milestones, and future direction of MIS. It underscores the need for evidence-based surgical innovation and sustained commitment to clinical trials.