First successful surgery endoscopic endothelial tumors

After decades of technology investment, approach to laparoscopic surgery, for the first time in Vietnam, doctors of K Hospital (Hanoi) have made breakthrough achievements when successfully performing the surgery. Endothelial tumors with this technology.

30 minutes to remove the tumor from the pericardium

On October 15, 2007, under the direct guidance of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Duy Hien - Deputy Director of K Hospital, doctors: Pham Van Binh, Phan Le Thang and Nguyen Duc Loi cut a tumor from the membrane. heart of patient Nguyen Xuan Bang, 67 years old. This surgery only lasted 30 minutes, this difficult surgery in the chest was prepared, anticipating the possibility of quite thorough occurrence.

According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Duy Hien, the favorable factors for implementing this surgery are also many, such as: modern equipment and technology which have been equipped through investment projects to improve capacity. cancer diagnosis and treatment by endoscopic surgery of the Ministry of Health; K Hospital has just received more intensive medical doctors to perform laparoscopic surgery in France with high-level surgical skills, many laparoscopic surgeries .

However, because this is the first endothelial tumor surgery performed in Vietnam; the intervention area is located on the pericardium and the tumor is always moving in the heart rate, not fixed as many other parts ., so the surgical crew still has to implement backup plans, ready to open surgery If the surgery process has trouble.

'It is very good that the results of the surgery were unexpected. Doctors who performed surgery for tumors well by open surgery method at K Hospital witnessed sophisticated endoscopic surgical skills, very reliable . ' - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hien said.

Two days after the successful operation of the surgery, Master Pham Van Binh said, he was also worried about this surgery, because if a little careless, it could cause damage to the cardiac nerve, Cardiac muscle, coronary arteries. If these injuries occur, the risk of death of the patient will be very high.

However, he is also confident in the new skills and knowledge of endoscopy that have been studied in Paris (France) for the past three years. Masters in Binh, Thang and Loi and many other doctors at K Hospital are now quite confident in their endoscopic surgical skills and are ready to perform complicated thoracic surgery with endoscopy.

Patient after the happy surgery with Master Pham Van Binh and Phan Le Thang (Photo: LVThanh)

After the endoscopic examination of the endocardial tumors, the scalpels of the doctors are simulated: there is no ' feeling ' much different from the human hand.

Hope to get rid of pain

On October 17, we visited the first patient who underwent laparoscopic surgery. After a day of laparoscopic surgery, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Bang (from Nam Dinh) sat, went back to normal, talked quietly with the doctor.

Mr. Bang said, his process of endothelial cancer has no special manifestations besides difficulty breathing. He went to the district hospital, went to the provincial level and went to K Hospital and was fortunate to be "painless" like this.

Although he was informed by doctors that he would be the first patient to undergo endoscopic cystoscopy, but he was not afraid, apart from economic considerations because his family was quite poor. Endoscopic surgery helped him get rid of the pain, because if he had to open surgery, the incision 25 cm long on his chest would make it difficult to breathe, pneumonia, very high risk of death.

Master Binh affirmed: The success of this surgery is no less than any similar difficult surgery performed in Paris (France), especially on the short time of surgery, the level of recovery of health. fast, uncomplicated patient .

Up to now, K Hospital has only spent half of the project implementation time: 'Enhancing the capacity of diagnosis and treatment of cancer by endoscopy'. According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Duy Hien, the project has brought about measurable results, but this endoscopic examination of the endocardial tumor is a testament.

With the constant progress of medicine, the support of the project ., the cancer patients in the country who have the disease at an appropriate stage are fully entitled to the result of less painful surgery and reduce the risks. bad when cancer surgery. Thus, patients with this disease will also live longer.

Thanh Thanh