Vinh General Hospital completed the transfer of percutaneous nephrolithotomy technology using a small tunnel.

On January 5, the delegation of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital accepted the technical package "Percutaneous nephrolithotomy using a small tunnel" at Vinh City General Hospital.

Dr. Tran Duc Trong - Head of the Department of Surgery, Vinh City General Hospital reported the results of receiving the technical package "Percutaneous nephrolithotomy using a small tunnel". Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy using a small tunnel is a new, specialized, minimally invasive technique, the "gold standard" method for treating large and complex urinary stones.

Vinh City General Hospital has been receiving, training and transferring the technical package "Percutaneous nephrolithotomy using a small tunnel" from the Training and Command Center of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital since February 2018.

Doctors at Vinh City General Hospital perform endoscopic surgery to remove kidney stones through the skin using a small tunnel for a patient at the hospital. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

To ensure the implementation of this advanced technique, the hospital has invested in a standard operating room with a system of modern technical equipment, and sent doctors for training at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.

The team of experts from Viet Duc Hospital has conducted 5 technology transfers directly at Vinh City General Hospital.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Tien - Deputy Director of the Training and Guidance Center - Viet Duc Friendship Hospital evaluated the process of receiving and transferring the technique of percutaneous nephrolithotomy using a small tunnel of Vinh General Hospital as systematic and successfully completed. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

According to the assessment of Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Tien - Deputy Director of the Training and Guidance Center - Viet Duc Friendship Hospital: "Lower level hospitals often do not have enough conditions, the initial survey is not good, there are no patients, so it is difficult to complete the technical transfer reception.

Vinh General Hospital is one of the few lower-level hospitals in the country that has completed the transfer process in a systematic, effective and timely manner. Up to now, the hospital has successfully transferred the technique of percutaneous nephrolithotomy using a small tunnel and the hospital's doctors have effectively promoted this technique. In the near future, it can be routinely performed at the hospital.

Doctor CKII Nguyen Hong Truong - Director of Vinh City General Hospital hopes that Viet Duc Friendship Hospital will continue to cooperate and support the hospital in training and transferring new techniques in the future. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

From February 2018 to now, in the process of receiving technical transfer, Vinh General Hospital has coordinated to successfully perform surgery for 150 patients, becoming the pioneer hospital in the region to deploy this superior technique, bringing benefits to the people of the province; at the same time contributing to reducing costs for upper-level hospitals.

Doctor CKII Nguyen Hong Truong - Director of Vinh City General Hospital and Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Tien - Deputy Director of the Training and Line Command Center - Viet Duc Friendship Hospital signed a cooperation agreement to transfer some new techniques in 2019. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

At the ceremony, after accepting the training package and transferring the technical package "Percutaneous nephrolithotomy using a small tunnel", representatives of the leaders of Vinh General Hospital and Viet Duc Friendship Hospital continued to sign a cooperation agreement to transfer a number of new techniques in 2019./.