On December 22, at the announcement ceremony of the first 100 brain surgeries using the AI Modus V Synaptive Robot - the first and only AI brain surgery robot in Vietnam, Meritorious Doctor, Master, Doctor, Head of Neurosurgery Department, Center for Neuroscience, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City shared his pride and emotion when seeing the images of patients who had surgery using the AI Robot recovering and walking normally in the past year. Among them were cases of brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, and hemorrhagic stroke that were difficult, dangerous, and almost hopeless.
Ms. Trang (22 years old, An Giang) discovered she had a brain stem tumor 6 years ago. The tumor was in a dangerous position so she went to many places but no hospital dared to operate. In the past 6 years, she has been in the hospital more than at home, gradually becoming weak in her limbs and having difficulty walking. When she arrived at Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, she was completely paralyzed, lying in one place, lethargic, and unable to eat or drink by herself. If surgery were performed using traditional methods, it would be very difficult to assess and preserve the nerve fiber bundles. Just one small mistake could cause the patient to become permanently paralyzed or die.
Ms. Trang was assigned to have surgery using a modern AI robot. The surgery lasted 4 hours, the doctor removed all the tumor in the brain. After regaining consciousness, Ms. Trang responded well, her perception improved. After 3 days, she was able to do physical therapy, walk and was discharged after 7 days. "During 6 years of going to the doctor, the doctor said the tumor was in a dangerous place causing paralysis, I thought she would probably pass away. After the surgery at Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, seeing her recovery, I was so happy that I cried," Mr. Nguyen (the patient's father) shared.
“We are truly moved to witness such moments of revival,” said Dr. Tan Si. Although 100 AI robot surgeries is a modest number compared to the more than 12,000 cranial neurosurgeries he has performed over the past 30 years, these surgeries mark an important milestone for the field of cranial neurosurgery using AI robots in Vietnam. Currently, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City is the only medical unit in Vietnam that owns and masters this modern AI Robot brain surgery technology. In the world, only 14 countries own the AI Modus V Synaptive Robot.
Before the advent of robots, with traditional brain surgery techniques, doctors could only see tumors, hematomas, and nerve conduction bundles, and healthy brain tissue separately on separate X-ray, CT, MRI images... The surgical procedure was mainly based on the doctor's judgment and clinical experience. Because a safe surgical path could not be determined in advance, even though the lesion could be removed, this method created a large incision, was highly invasive, and potentially posed a risk of damaging nerve fiber bundles, healthy brain structures, or rupturing large blood vessels.
With AI robots, doctors can clearly see tumors, hematomas and their correlation with healthy brain structures as well as surrounding nerve fiber bundles. This ability is achieved thanks to the robot's ability to create high-resolution 3D images by merging images from CT, MRI, DTI, DSA, etc. From there, AI robots allow surgeons to simulate surgery on specialized software, spend more time researching and choosing the safest location to open the skull and access the patient's brain, avoiding damaging healthy structures.
When entering the official surgery, data from the simulated surgery will help the robot accurately locate the lesion in the brain or spinal cord; guide, monitor, closely supervise all operations of the surgeon and promptly warn of unwanted invasions. When approaching the tumor, the Cusa ultrasonic suction cutting system can "shrink", suck and completely remove the brain tumor, spinal cord tumor.
Brain and spinal cord surgery using the AI Modus V Synaptive Robot reduces surgery time by 20%, hospital stay by 40%, and blood loss by 79%. Patients retain maximum neurological function, recover quickly, and return home early. Meanwhile, treatment costs can be 40 times lower than surgery in the US.
Brain and spinal cord surgery technique using AI Robot at Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City is currently applied in the treatment of 7 categories of diseases including: Supratentorial brain tumors, Infratentorial brain tumors, Intraventricular tumors, Midline brain tumors, Skull base brain tumors, Spinal canal tumors, Intraventricular hemorrhage; and will continue to expand in the near future.
With the goal of becoming a specialized and synchronous high-tech brain and spinal cord surgery center in Vietnam, in addition to AI Robots for neurosurgery and cranial surgery, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City continues to equip more specialized equipment in many fields, applying many of the world's leading modern techniques and software to expand the treatment of more brain and spinal cord diseases.
Typical examples include the Neuro-Navigation Curve and new-generation BrainLAB systems that apply AI to help locate and distinguish precise lesion boundaries; the Zeiss Kinevo 900 microsurgical microscope with integrated AI and 3D fluorescence imaging features, helping doctors see every corner of the brain; the neural evoked potential system that monitors nerve function during surgery...
Actively supporting the AI Robot in examining and diagnosing brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, cerebral hemorrhage strokes... are the latest generation "super machines" such as: 3 Tesla MRI system, 768 CT and 1975 AI-applied slices with DTI imaging of nerve fiber bundles that directly serve the Modus V Synaptive AI brain surgery robot, especially useful in accurately assessing brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, strokes, blockages, stenosis, cerebral aneurysms...
