Professor Tran Binh Giang (Four, right), director of the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital, introduces modern equipment in the new operating room to representatives.(Photo:VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Two high-quality operating rooms were launched on February27 by the Viet Duc (Vietnam-Germany) Friendship Hospital.
They are named the BodyTom and Karl Storz Or1 operating rooms.
Professor Tran Binh Giang, director of the hospital, said that the mobilecomputerised tomography system in the BodyTom Operating Room has manyadvantages, such as wide vision, one-second rotation speed, 200-centimetre widescanning area, good-quality images and fast operation process.
The important point is the high-quality images. When integrated with roboticsystem, they increase the accuracy of surgery, especially in difficultoperations, he said.
The machine is movable during surgery and suitable for all patients. TheBodyTom Operating Room is used in surgery for cranial nerve, spine, combinedsurgeries with robots, image diagnosis, vascular intervention and hunchbackcorrection.
Experts said the Karl Storz Or1 Operating Room offers many practical benefits,such as standardising the surgical process, improving work efficiency, betterinformation exchange, reducing operation time and treatment.
The Karl Storz Or1 Operating Room has modern image and sound technology whichcan pass image signals of different camera systems such as laparoscopic surgerycameras or operating camera lights. It also allows establishing links toexternal websites around the world.
Online training and instruction is one of the strong points of the Vietnam-GermanyFriendship Hospital. The remote medical system will help in the hospital’sonline work./.
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Professor Tran Binh Giang (Four, right), director of the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital, introduces modern equipment in the new operating room to representatives.(Photo:VNA) 
