Staff of the Hue Central General Hospital have successfully conducted a laparoscopic surgery cutting out a malignant cancerous tumor in a patient’s stomach using 3D (floating three-dimensional image) technology for the first time in Vietnam.

Dr Pham Nhu Hiep and colleagues wear 3D glasses to conduct the surgery.

Deputy Director of Hue Central Hospital, Associate Professor, Dr Pham Nhu Hiep, who carried out the surgery, revealed that the operation lasted for one hour on Tuesday morning on 50-year-old patient Bui Van S. from Quang Nam province’s Nui Thanh district. The patient had suffered from a rather large stomach tumor in stage 3.

According to Dr Hiep, conventional minimal-invasive surgery, which is usually carried out using flat 2D screens are unable to achieve viewing angles in good depth, in comparison with 3D images that have better magnification, helping surgeons to make visible dissections on lymph nodes, blood vessels, and tumors.

The technology enhances the safety of surgery for patients and also helps remove gastric cancer tumors thoroughly, while reducing operation time in comparison with 2D laparoscopy, Dr Hiep said, adding that it is the first laparoscopic surgery in Vietnam using 3D imaging techniques for cutting cancer tumors.

It is the main subject of provincial-level science and technology research currently being conducted by Dr Hiep.

Currently Hue Central Hospital uses the Spies 3D laparoscopic surgery system developed by Karl Storz from Germany with costs increased by 30-50% compared with 2D systems. The hospital will continue to apply the new technique for laparoscopic surgery on other parts of the human body in the near future.

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)