Prof. Dr. Tran Binh Giang – Director of Viet Duc University Hospital (C) and colleagues perform an endoscopic surgery (Photo courtesy of VDUH)Hanoi (VNA) – Over the past years, Vietnam’s health sector has
made big strides with and many difficult techniques successfully applied,
helping the country gain a foothold on the world medical map.
– a major centre in the world
for adrenal gland surgery
According to – Director of Viet
Duc University Hospital (VDUH), endoscopic surgery is a medical field in Vietnam that is close to the development of the world. In 1987, the world’s endoscopic
surgery was performed, and only 5 years later, Vietnam also conducted the type
of surgery for the first time.
At present, thanks to this technique, the most complicated
surgeries such as nephrectomy, hepatectomy, gastrectomy, and Whipple procedure
have been performed.
In 2002, the scientific research by Prof. Dr. Giang on
adrenal was published internationally. To date, thousands of
patients have received the surgery and the VDUH has become a major centre in the
world for this type of work.
Every year, the hospital performs nearly 80,000 surgeries, with
many spearhead techniques implemented such as multi-organ transplants from
brain dead donors.
Vietnamese cardiologists – members of presidiums of many
major international conferences
In recent years, the Vietnam National Heart Institute under the Bach Mai Hospital has
focused on promoting interventional cardiology – minimally invasive
cardiovascular surgery. In 2022, the institute performed advanced techniques
such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and transcatheter mitral valve
repair, instead of open surgeries.
Assoc. Prof., Dr. Pham Manh Hung, director of the institute,
said that cardiology in Vietnam can stand on par with that in advanced
countries in the region and in Asia.
Organisers of major conferences such as the American
Heart Association Conference, the European Society of Cardiology Congress, and
the scientific conferences in Asia such as the Singapore LIVE 2022 have all invited
the to speak at those events to share Vietnam’s own
experience in specific diseases.
Foreign doctors come to Vietnam to learn endoscopic
thyroidectomy technique
Assoc. Prof., Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong, former Director of the
National Hospital of Endocrinology, is also one of those helping the
Vietnamese health sector make a hallmark on the world medical map. He is
the first in Vietnam and in the world to successfully research and perform
a unique endoscopic thyroidectomy technique, gaining big applauses from both
domestic and foreign colleagues. This method has been transferred to not only
domestic but also foreign doctors, opening a new direction in the curing of
thyroid diseases.
Foreign doctor (R) comes to Vietnam to learn about endoscopic thyroidectomy (Photo: bosvietnam.com)The cost of surgery with his technique is only one-twenty fifth
compared to that of other countries in the region. A thyroidectomy in the
Republic of Korea or Singapore will need 2 hours and about
8,000-10,000 USD, while Dr. Luong’s method conducted at the National Hospital
of Endocrinology takes only 30 minutes and 300-400USD.
As of 2021, more than 300 professors and doctors from 20
countries around the world had come to the hospital to learn about his surgical
method./.
Source: VietnamPlus
