The doctor has a surgical method named after himself 'Dr Luong' receiving Vietnamese record certification

For the first time, a surgical doctor in Vietnam has received a Vietnamese record certification with the criteria "People with scientific research on techniques of thyroid endoscopic surgery are applied, transferred and trained in and most foreign countries ".

On the afternoon of July 4, at the Central Endocrinology Hospital, Vietnam Record Organization (Vietkings) awarded Vietnam record certification "People with scientific research work on techniques of laparoscopic application are applied, transfer, training at home and abroad most " for Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong , Director of Central Endocrinology Hospital.

Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong.

Associate Professor Tran Ngoc Luong is an expert in endoscopic surgery to treat pathology of the thyroid gland. Proposal "Research on the application of endoscopic surgery to treat some thyroid diseases" has achieved the excellent level at the State level and is also the outstanding topic of the KC10-15 Program (under the Ministry of Science and Technology) and is the method of being recognized as one of the great achievements of the health sector.

Breakthroughs in the method of laparoscopic thyroid endoscopy, or "Dr Luong" technique, use the armpit, chest with small incisions on the skin. These incisions disappear after a few months and can be completely covered by clothing easily. This method is simple, fast, safe, effective and very cost effective. Simply because you only need to use a normal laparoscopic surgical instrument, no special tools like other countries are needed. This surgical instrument is available at all provincial and city general hospitals.

A thyroid lobe cut in Korea or Singapore takes 2 hours at a cost of about 8,000-10,000 USD, at the Central Endocrinology Hospital it takes only 30 minutes with 300-400 USD. This method also applies to all different diseases of the thyroid gland such as: Tumor, basedow, thyroid cancer. Its superiority is that it can operate large bumps without having to cut any neck muscles first.

Not only has the scientific meaning, techniques of thyroid endoscopic surgery bring high socio-economic efficiency, shown in opening a new direction in the treatment of thyroid diseases. The reason for this is because, in the past, with the popular application of open surgery, scarring, some patients for cosmetic reasons did not immediately go for surgery. Consequently, when the tumor is too big, metastatic cancer in the last stage will go into surgery. With laparoscopic surgery, aesthetic factor is guaranteed. Patients after surgery can return to normal life and activities sooner, confident in communication, no need to cover their neck by hand or jewelry as before.

Associate Professor Tran Ngoc Luong received Vietnamese record certification.

From 2016 up to now, Assoc. Prof. Tran Ngoc Luong and his colleagues have performed 5,381 cases of thyroid endoscopic surgery. This is a significant number, because of the cost price, with Dr. Luong's surgical technique, patients who do not have to go abroad for surgery will save significantly.

As the creator of thyroid laparoscopic technique, Associate Professor Tran Ngoc Luong was named one of the golden hands in Vietnam's health sector. With over 30 years of dedication to home medicine, he has taught, trained and transferred thyroid endoscopic surgical techniques to many generations of doctors in the country.

Many professors-doctors abroad have "wrapped up" to Vietnam to learn the technique of thyroid surgery called "Dr Luong" . Up to now, there have been 327 professors and doctors of nearly 20 countries in the region and in the world such as Australia, Portugal, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Australia, India, Arab Saudi . to the Central Endocrinology Hospital to learn the technique of "Dr Luong" . The method of thyroid endoscopic surgery has also been transferred to domestic and foreign hospitals through demonstration operations, reports at scientific conferences and conferences.

PGS-TS-Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong (SN 1961 in Nam Dinh) started out as a foreign resident doctor. In 1987, he returned to work at Bach Mai Hospital with specialized abdominal surgery. With many years of experience in the profession and many scientific research projects that have contributed greatly to the development of the national medicine, he has received many honors and rewarding achievements such as: Ministry-level emulation soldiers; Meritorious doctor, Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister, Third-class Labor Medal, Vietnam Talent Award, Creative Labor Certificate and many certificates of merit from the Ministry of Health, honored by the Ministry of Science and Technology is one of 7 typical Vietnamese scientists.

In addition to thyroid surgery, other surgical techniques are continuously being assisted by PGS Salary research and improvement such as sympathetic ganglion surgery to treat hand sweating with fast surgery time of only 3-4 minutes, anesthesia with 1-barreled endotracheal tube, saving money for patients. Other types of endocrine gland surgery such as pancreatic endocrine tumors, adrenal adenomas . most recently include endoscopic techniques of mammary fibroids that have also been successfully deployed in hospitals.