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An operation lasting 3.5 hours that replaced the hip of a patient suffering from “marble bone” in late October was the first surgery of its kind in Vietnam and the 30th in the world.
Con-joined twins successfully separated discharged from hospital
The 13-month-old co-joined twins who were successfully separated after a 9-hour-surgery have been temporarily released from hospital.
Vietnamese Health Ministry to investigate woman's death at beauty clinic
The Ministry of Health has asked HCM City Department of Health to apply punishment and investigate the death of an overseas Vietnamese woman at a local clinic.
Vietnamese doctor develops internationally-acclaimed thyroid surgery technique
After many years of research, Phan Hoang Hiep and his colleagues have developed the 1-trocar endoscopic thyroid surgical method, the first of its kind in the world.
Robotic endoscopic surgery offers new opportunities
Three hospitals in Vietnam are using robots in endoscopic surgeries. Two of them – Binh Dan and Cho Ray in HCMC – are performing such surgeries on adult patients.
Watching a 3D movie save a life
VietNamNet Bridge – At half-past 10 in the morning, the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB pump) started running, making a steady sound.
Doctors remove 7kg tumor from man’s chest
VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Ha Noi City’s E Hospital yesterday
successfully removed a 7kg tumor from a man’s chest,
Doctors remove 3kg fibroid tumor from woman
VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at the Can Tho Maternity Hospital
successfully removed a 3kg fibroid tumor from a woman, the hospital
director has announced.
3,600 sleepless hours spent by Vietnam's first multiorgan-transplant surgeon
Two years have elapsed since the first multi-organ transplant surgery was conducted in Vietnam, but Lt. Gen. Hoang Manh An, director of Military Hospital 103 still sounds tense when speaking about it.
Fears grow over increased antibiotic resistance
More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a 30% fall in the
effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet suggests.
Bionic eye implant world first
Surgeons in Manchester have performed the first bionic eye implant in
a patient with the most common cause of sight loss in the developed
world.
Speech therapy helps those with cleft palates
VietNamNet Bridge – Speech disorders caused by a congenital cleft lip
and palate prevented a 22-year-old graduate of Industrial University of
HCM City from getting a job, but subsequent
sessions of speech therapy have helped her gain confidence.
Social News Headlines 4/3
Ministry of Construction defends controversial circular; Two workers die in fall from scaffolding; Sleeper coaches found violating safety rules; Easy Taxi expands presence in Asia, now Vietnam; Two workers die in fall from scaffolding
Severed hand kept alive on man's ankle
Chinese doctors have saved a man's severed hand by grafting it to his ankle, it is reported.
Separation of complicated conjoined twins complete successfully
VietNamNet Bridge - After nearly 12 hours in the operating room,
doctors of the Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City completed the
separation of two boys conjoined at the heart and liver.
Minister says 317 reservoirs problematic
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said on
Wednesday as many as 317 irrigation reservoirs are problematic due to
landslides and leakages, including 120 in critical conditions that need
upgrade and repair now.
Man almost lost his penis because of silicone injection
VietNamNet Bridge – On September 11, doctors of the General Hospital
of Binh Dinh province successfully performed a surgery to cut off tumors
caused by silicone on the penis of a 36-year-old man from Quy Nhon.
American doctor makes operation for the girl with huge tumor
Nguyen Hoang Thien An, 18 in Ba Ria - Vung Tau
province, had a distorted face by a big tumor. On July 30, the girl’s
face was operated on by American doctor McKinnon and doctors of the FV
Hospital.
Surgery for the boy without a human face
VietNamNet Bridge - On July 23, 2013, a world famous surgeon from the
US and doctors of Vinmec Hospital performed a 9-hour operation to
separate the huge melanoma on the face of the boy Le Trung T.
Old woman carrying huge face tumor
VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Thi My, 82, from the central province of
Binh Dinh, has been painfully suffering from a huge tumor on her face
for more than 40 years.
