(Health Korea News / Yoo Ji-in) ‘Medical 24 Hours’ is a corner that shows brief news related to the medical field that is often overlooked in the media. It may seem like trivial news, but it could be valuable information to someone, so I’m only summarizing the facts.
◆Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital achieves 5,000 cases of robotic surgery in 5 and a half years since opening
Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital held a symposium commemorating the achievement of 5,000 robotic surgeries on the 7th in the auditorium on the second basement floor.
Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital’s Robotic Surgery Center, which opened in 2019, achieved 5,000 surgeries in just five and a half years, recording the fastest cumulative number of surgeries among domestic hospitals.
In this process, the da Vinci SP system, which enables cutting-edge single-hole robotic surgery, was introduced for the second time in Korea, leading the change in trends in robotic surgery.
In addition, the world’s first single-hole myomectomy for multiple uterine fibroids was performed, and Korea’s first records such as single-hole cystectomy and single-hole simultaneous colon cancer-liver metastasis surgery were performed, as well as single-hole adhesive endometrioma resection and splenectomy. It has established itself as the best center in the field of robotic surgery by setting various first records, including performing .
◆Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital holds ‘Liver Day’ public lecture with local residents
Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital will hold an ‘open lecture on liver disease with local residents’ to commemorate the 25th Liver Day in 2024 in the video conference room on the 3rd floor of the 2nd Annex on Thursday the 24th from 14:00 to 17:00.
Cirrhosis is a disease in which the liver is chronically damaged and cannot perform normal liver functions such as detoxification and sterilization. In particular, it can be accompanied by serious complications such as ascites, hepatic coma, and varicose bleeding, so not only treatment but also appropriate management is important.
The Department of Gastroenterology at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital held this course to help patients with liver cirrhosis properly understand their disease and effectively manage complications in real life. The program will be conducted in a total of three sessions, including ▲Various bleeding (Professor Seong-eun Kim), ▲Ascites (Professor Ji-won Park), and ▲Intersex coma (Professor Tae-hyung Kim), followed by a Q&A session, and anyone can attend for free.
◆Baejeong Cheoleodo donates 100 million won to Seoul National University Hospital for treatment of low-income patients
Bae Jeong-cheol, CEO of ‘Baejeong Cheol-eodo’, delivered warm sharing to Seoul National University Hospital again this year.
Seoul National University Hospital announced on the 11th that it had received 100 million won in donations for low-income patients from CEO Bae on the 8th.
CEO Bae, who runs Baejeong Cheoleodo, a Japanese restaurant located in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, began donating in 1999 to help patients who gave up treatment due to financial difficulties. Each customer raised 1,000 to 2,000 won in donations, and CEO Bae’s family also participated in the donation by collecting donations through part-time jobs.
This year, the donation, which has continued for 25 years, has accumulated a total of 2.215 billion won, including this 100 million won. All of this money was used to cover treatment costs for low-income patients, providing hope to a total of 679 patients.
◆Professor Ji-won Yoon of Korea University Anam Hospital received the Best Oration Award from the Korean Society of Laboratory Medicine
Professor Jiwon Yoon of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Korea University Anam Hospital won the Outstanding Oration Award at the Korean Society of Laboratory Medicine International Conference (LMCE 2024 & KSLM 65th Annual Meeting) held from September 25th to 27th.
Professor Jiwon Yoon said, ‘Reclassification of Myelodysplastic Neoplasms According to the 2022 World Health Organization Classification and the 2022 International Consensus Classification Using Open-Source Data: Focus on SF3B1- and TP53-mutated Myelodysplastic Neoplasms) was the subject of an oral presentation and became the winner of this award.
Myelodysplastic syndrome is a type of blood cancer and is characterized by hypocytosis. The diagnostic criteria and detailed classification method have been updated in 2022, raising the need for research based on the latest diagnostic guidelines. In this presentation, Professor Jiwon Yoon proved the accuracy of the latest diagnostic guidelines using open source data.
◆Korea University Anam Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology International Trainee received the Korean Endometriosis Society’s Excellence Oral Award
Charise Mae Malabanan-Lavadia, an international trainee doctor currently training at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Korea University Anam Hospital, won the 15th academic conference commemorating the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Endometriosis Society in 2024 held at the Yugwangsa Hall of Korea University College of Medicine on September 29. Won an award.
Charise Mae Malabanan-Lavadia, a trainee, conducted a meta-analysis study titled ‘Ovarian Reserve and IVF Outcomes after Ethanol Ovarian Sclerotherapy in women with alcohol-assisted sclerotherapy. He won the award for ‘Endometrioma: A systematic review and meta-analysis’.
In a study announced today, ethanol ovarian sclerotherapy, one of the treatments applicable to endometrioma, received great attention by revealing that it can preserve ovarian function and improve future pregnancy outcomes in women who need to preserve fertility. .
◆Catholic University Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital holds ‘2024 Mustard Seed Growing Center Demo Day 4’
The Mustard Seed Growing Center, jointly operated by the Catholic Academy of Korea and the Catholic University of Korea’s Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, concluded an eight-month journey that began in March with the ‘2024 Mustard Seed Growing Center Demo Day 4’ held on October 11. .
After opening in 2020, the Mustard Seed Growing Center is an innovation center to respond to the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution and cultivate future talent.
Future committee members with novel ideas in the bio and healthcare fields will be selected through the ‘Innovation/Startup Idea Contest’, which will be held every year starting in 2021. Future committee members will undergo research activities for approximately six months starting in March and receive support for education, mentoring, and research funds.
This year’s 4th Future Committee members, who were selected through the highest competition rate in history, also went through a 6-month idea materialization process and 11 teams selected through a final screening advanced to the final Demo Day stage.
◆Daejeon Sun Hospital and Sun Dental Hospital will hold a medical citizen lecture with local residents on the 24th.
Sun Hospital Foundation Daejeon Sun Hospital and Sun Dental Hospital jointly hold medical citizen lectures that provide accurate information on correct lifestyle habits and disease prevention and management to improve the health of local residents and the community.
This event will feature two lectures of 30 minutes each (10 minutes for questions and 20 minutes for lectures): ▲Symptoms and treatment of aging teeth (Prosthodontic specialist Park Chan-ik) and ▲My age is 50..what vaccine? (Infectious disease specialist Kwang-min Kim). It is scheduled to be held on the 8th floor of Sun Dental Hospital.
It is aimed at adults in their 50s and older, and 20 applications will be accepted from the 14th to the 22nd. Participation fee is free.
◆Healthcare Association Seoul West Branch operates a health experience center at the ‘22nd Heojun Festival’
The Seoul West Branch of the Korea Health Management Association operated a health experience center at the ’22nd Heojun Festival’, a representative festival in Gangseo-gu, on Saturday the 12th.
The Heojun Festival is a medical and health culture festival with the local community, and a health experience center was operated to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Donguibogam’s registration as a UNESCO Memory of the World. On this day, the Seoul Western Branch of the Korea Medical Association measured muscle mass and body fat through body composition tests and measured brain and body weight through brain wave and pulse wave tests. I took the time to check my condition.
The Western Health Association conducts national health checkups, including general health checkups and cancer checkups. In addition, comprehensive checkups, senior health checkups for middle-aged and older people, menopausal health checkups for men and women, detailed cardiovascular and cerebrovascular checkups, and detailed digestive system checkups are provided. We operate various programs such as:
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