Abstract:〔Abstract〕 Objective To investigate the efficacy of less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) combined with nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants. Methods A prospective study was conducted on 95 premature infants with RDS of 28 weeks ≤ gestational age ≤ 34 weeks in the neonatal department of Shenzhen Second People's Hospital and Guangxi Hechi People's Hospital from September 2021 to December 2022. According to the different administration methods of pulmonary surfactants (PS), they were divided into intubation-using pulmonary surfactant-extubation (INSURE) + nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) group (47 cases) and LISA+NIPPV group (48 cases). The INSURE+NCPAP group patients were treated with INSURE combined with NCPAP, while the LISA+NIPPV group patients were treated with LISA technology combined with NIPPV. The incidence of adverse reactions and recent complications during the administration of different medication methods between two groups of children were compared. Results The incidences of laryngeal injury, air leakage syndrome, and PS reflux in the LISA+NIPPV group were lower than those in the INSURE+NCPAP group, with statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of decreased percutaneous oxygen saturation, bradycardia, and reuse of PS between the two groups of children during the administration process (P > 0.05). The intubation time and non-invasive ventilation time of the LISA+NIPPV group were shorter than those of the INSURE+NCPAP group, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). However, there was no statistically significant difference in the first use of PS and total oxygen use time between the two groups of children after birth (P > 0.05). The incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in the LISA+NIPPV group was lower than that in the INSURE+NCPAP group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). There were no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of mechanical ventilation, pulmonary hemorrhage, gastrointestinal bleeding, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) within 72 hours. Conclusion In the treatment of RDS in premature infants, compared with INSURE combined with NCPAP, LISA administration technique is easier to operate and catheterization time is shorter, which can reduce the occurrence of laryngeal injury, air leakage syndrome and PS reflux, and has more advantages in the occurrence of BPD and noninvasive ventilation time. Therefore, NIPPV can be used as an alternative to NCPAP in RDS treatment.