Dong Thap General Hospital to have received surgical techniques for herniated discs in the cervical spine
Following the success of surgery for back pathology and trauma, Dong Thap General Hospital has just received and implemented surgical techniques for patients with herniated discs in the cervical spine with the support of University Medical Center HCMC.
The team of doctors performed surgery for herniated disc in the cervical spine for the patient
According to Specialist Doctor II Ho Tri Hung, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery - Orthopedic Trauma, Dong Thap General Hospital, on March 11, with the support of experts at the Department of Neurosurgery - University Medical Center HCMC, doctors of the Department, Dong Thap General Hospital have successfully performed surgery for a patient with a herniated disc in the cervical spine. Previously, the doctors of Dong Thap General Hospital were trained at University Medical Center HCMC.
According to Mr. Doan Tan Buu - Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee, to implement the project "Satellite hospital", Dong Thap General Hospital was transferred surgical techniques for lumbar disc herniation by open surgery by the doctors from "Nuclear Hospital" – University Medical Center HCMC transferred in 2019.
The reception of these new and modern techniques at Dong Thap General Hospital is an important premise to help patients in the province and the region access treatment for cervical spine diseases with much convenience, contributing to the treatment of cervical spine diseases, limiting the transfer of patients to higher levels and saving patients’ time and costs as well.
Trauma - orthopedic surgery is also a great development direction of Dong Thap General Hospital in the near future in order to meet the needs of patient care and treatment as well as the development of the Hospital.
Văn Khương
Translated by Trúc Giang