Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could lead to the complexity of intra-abdominal pathology, which might largely increase the difficulty of the laparoscopic surgery. Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) has been considered to be of great value in the treatment of IBD patients with the advantage of clear field of vision and shorter operative time as laparotomy and less blood loss and shorter postoperative recovery time as laparoscopic surgery. Careful attention would need to be paid to the patient selection and surgical procedure in the IBD patients undergoing HALS. The usage of HALS in the treatment of IBD patients has been reported in some centers in the western countries, but none in our country. Therefore, it is especially important to perform the related research.