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Keyhole Surgeon 　　HIS eyes are riveted ona TV monitor whileconfidently makingan incision into thepatients abdomen.Then ZhangXu ambles through the gorylabyrinth of tissue,vessels andorgans in the cavity with com-posure and confidence that arecontagious to his surgieat team.In less than 3o minutes,the ne-phreetomy surgery is concluded. 　　Everyday I walk a tightrope,said the laparoseopie surgeon onhis way to a brief break.For alife is in the balance,somethingthat never comes back once it islost. Soon after,he headed forthe operating room to conductprostate surgery,the next of sixoperations on his schedule forthe day. 　　Head of the Urology Depart-ment of the General Hospitalof the Peoples LiberationArmy (PLAGH),Zhang Xu isa leading figure in the field oflaparoscopic or keyhole sur-gery,ranking within the topten in the world.He foundedChinas first retroperitoneallaparoscopic system for urological sur-geries,which he has been invited todemonstrate at a number of internation-al academic events that have engagedhim as a speaker.He is editor-in-chiefof some 10 books on laparoscopy,workthat effectively boosted the methods ofminimally invasive surgery in China.These credentials have won him a longlist of national and regional awards inmedical circles. 　　 　　A Career for Humanity 　　 　　It was my fathers will that I becomea doctor, Dr.Zhang said.I planned toapply for physics or math when the col-lege entrance exam was restored in 1978,but my father insisted medicine was the.better choice,for it would set me on amission to save lives.And I took his sug-gestion. 　　That year he entered Tongji Medi-cal College of Huazhong University ofScience and Technology,which evolvedfrom a 2o-bed hospital established byGerman doctor Erich Paulun in 19oo.On graduation he was assigned a jobwith a hospital in Shashi,Hubei Prov-ince.Three years later he returned tohis alma mater for postgraduate study,and then worked for the hospital afflli-ated to it. 　　The young doctor soon stoodout amo