Cho Ray becomes third hospital to apply robotic cancer surgery

A surgery using robot at (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh
City began using robot in on October 23, becoming the third
infirmary in Vietnam to apply this technology.

Director of the hospital Nguyen Truong Son said
his hospital uses IS3000 worth 71 billion VND (3.1
million USD) produced by the US’s Intuitive Surgical. This is the
fourth-generation surgical robot that can access locations human hands cannot
reach.

In the short term, Cho Ray Hospital will apply
robotic surgery on prostate, kidney, bladder, bowel and colon, lung and liver
cancers. This type of surgery will be used for trauma, orthopaedic and
heart operations later.

Experts said robotic surgery has a high rate of
success since robot is able to reach difficult locations and precisely remove
tumours. It makes smaller incision and reduces blood loss, helping patients
suffer from less pain and recover faster.

Robotic surgery was first used in the US in the
late 1980s. In Vietnam, the National Children’s Hospital in Hanoi successfully
applied in 2014. Binh Dan Hospital in HCM City carried out this
type of surgery in 2016.-VNA