An operation at the HCM City-based Binh Dan Hospital (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Thanks to
assistance from US experts, doctors of the Binh Dan Hospital, based in Ho Chi
Minh City, have succeeded in mastering urethroplasty techniques and shared
experience with their colleagues from other Southeast Asian countries, heard a
seminar on August 23.
Assoc. Prof. and Dr. Tran Vinh Hung, Director
of the Binh Dan hospital, said his hospital has coordinated with professors
from the US , Irvine, in this field since 2015.
It has sent experienced doctors to
the US to learn techniques from Prof. Joel Gelman, who has also visited the
for two weeks each year to give guidance.
Since applying new techniques, the success
rate of urethroplasty at the Binh Dan Hospital has reached 98%, beyond expectation as it is viewed as a type of complicated
surgeries, Hung noted.
Prof. Joel Gelman from the University
of California said the success rate is equivalent to the figure at big
centres in the US.
This is a highly impressive result
thanks to the hospital’s implementation of many measures such as intensive
personnel training, procurement of specialised equipment, and good diagnosis
before and after operations, according to the expert.
In the past five years, the Binh Dan Hospital
has given successful treatment to more than 1,000 patients of urethral
stricture. It is planning to set up a urethroplasty department to further
improve treatment and a centre for urethroplasty training to transfer
techniques to domestic and foreign doctors./.
Source: VietnamPlus
