SGGPO 11/11/2023 20:52

On November 11, in Can Tho City, the 2nd International Spine Conference was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Spine Association in collaboration with Can Tho Central General Hospital. Many professors and doctors specializing in spine and neurology from home and abroad met and shared advances in modern spine surgery, helping patients recover quickly.

Giving flowers to conference delegates

At the conference, leading spine professors from Japan, Korea, Taiwan... and leading Vietnamese doctors shared experiences and transferred minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery techniques, spinal surgery with a navigation system combined with a robotic arm; experience in handling cases of metastatic cancer of the spine; endoscopic interbody fusion of the vertebrae - spine...

According to Associate Professor Vo Van Thanh, Honorary President of the Ho Chi Minh City Spinal Association, in the previous conference, Japanese professors transferred the technique of "adjusting and fixing the cervical spine with arch screws" and it was performed in Can Tho City.

It is known that Can Tho Trauma - Orthopedic Center has been established for 4 years, and is in great need of developing specialized techniques in spinal surgery as well as specialties: foot and hand, orthopedic oncology, endoscopy, joint replacement, microsurgery techniques... to serve the care of people in the Mekong Delta.

Doctor Nguyen Minh Vu, Director of Can Tho Central General Hospital, spoke at the conference.

“To keep up with the development trends and needs for examination and treatment of trauma and orthopedics of the people in the Mekong Delta, the hospital's Trauma and Orthopedics Center always updates and develops new techniques. In addition to studying domestically, doctors are also sent abroad for training,” shared Dr. Nguyen Minh Vu, Director of Can Tho Central General Hospital.

Currently, the hospital's Trauma and Orthopedics Center is always overloaded with 150 actual beds, performing over 7,500 surgeries each year. In particular, the Spine and Trauma Department under the center has also performed major surgeries with difficult techniques such as surgery for high cervical spine instability fractures C1-C2.