Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital Opens World's First Robotic Endoscopic Spine Surgery Education Center

Business Agreement Signed with CGBio

Robotic Endoscope Spinal Surgery Training for Domestic and International Medical Professionals

Integration of Robotics and Navigation with Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital has become the world's first to open an education center for spinal endoscopic surgery that combines robotics and navigation technology, and is set to train medical professionals from Korea and abroad.

The hospital announced on the 29th that it opened the 'Hallym Robot Endoscope Spinal Surgery Education Center' on the 18th, and at the same time signed a business agreement with CGBio to promote the use of robotic endoscope spinal surgery and to provide training for domestic and international medical professionals.

Officials are taking a group photo to commemorate the opening of the Hallim Robot Endoscopic Spine Surgery Training Center and the signing of the business agreement. Hallim University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital

The education center was established to teach robotic endoscope spinal surgery techniques by integrating the hospital's 10 years of clinical and research experience in biportal endoscopic spine surgery with advanced robotics and navigation technology. Step-by-step training will be offered, including theoretical education, hands-on practice using phantoms, and observation of actual surgeries.

Through the education center, the hospital aims to train Korean residents, fellows, and spinal specialists, as well as overseas medical staff, in the principles and techniques of robotic endoscope spinal surgery. It also plans to promote the standardization of related techniques and foster highly qualified medical specialists.

Previously, the hospital introduced the endoscopic spine surgery robot 'CUVIS-spine' and established a surgical system that combines biportal endoscopic spine surgery with robotic and navigation technologies.

Biportal endoscopic spine surgery is a minimally invasive procedure in which both the endoscope and surgical instruments are inserted through small incisions to treat lesions. By combining this with robotics and navigation, surgeons can preoperatively plan the location and trajectory of pedicle screws based on patient imaging, and verify them during surgery. The hospital believes this will allow for the advantages of minimally invasive procedures to be maintained, while improving the accuracy of instrument and screw placement and reducing the use of intraoperative radiographic imaging equipment.

The hospital also plans to conduct clinical research to expand the application of robotic and navigation technology to a wider range of conditions requiring spinal fixation and fusion surgery, such as degenerative spondylolisthesis, as well as spinal fractures, oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF), spinal tumors, and iliac screw fixation.

Professor Park Hyunjin of the Spine Center at Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital said, "For the past 10 years, we have continued research to broaden the applicability of biportal endoscopic spine surgery and to enhance the precision and safety of these operations. Now, we will extend our experience to robotics and navigation technology, accumulating clinical data, standardizing surgical techniques, and establishing an educational system to share our experience with medical professionals in Korea and around the world."

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