SNUH-MAYO Korea-US best medical skills on deep brain stimulation to be transferred to Asia
SNUH-MAYO
Korea-US
best medical skills on deep brain stimulation to be transferred to Asia
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International training program co-hosted by SNUH and MAYO Clinic
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Live demonstration of DBS viewed by around 50 Asian physicians
- A sustainable
partnership built with Mayo Clinic following MGH and Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) and Mayo Clinic
(MAYO) gave a live demonstration of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to 50 physicians
from Asia on the 16th.
The surgery was performed by Professor Sun-ha
Paek of the department of neurosurgery (SNUH) and Professor Kendall Lee of the
department of neurosurgery (MAYO).
Professor Paek and Professor Lee inserted
electrodes into the right brain and left brain, respectively. They led the operation
sharing opinions and explained the progress in detail using the microphone attached
to the face.
Participants in an auditorium watched the live operation
performed by the two specialists with breathless attention. They couldn't take
their eyes off the screen since even 1 mm departures of electrodes from the
targets will lead to completely different response of a patient.
The
6-hour surgery was successfully completed. Professors Paek and Lee both correctly
implanted the electrodes in the planned spots. The patient (male, 50) who could
not control body movement due to Parkinson's disease had improved symptoms after
undergoing DBS.
With medical advancements of Korea, there is a growing
number of educational programs with overseas medical professionals. However,
providing a training program with the world's best hospital like Mayo Clinic
is a very rare case.
Prior to the training, SNUH and MAYO co-hosted an
academic symposium on the 14th and promised to hold the event in the United
States next year and in Korea the year after next, expanding cooperation into
diverse fields such as surgical research.
Consequently, SNUH has
built sustainable partnerships with Mayo Clinic following Massachusetts General
Hospital (MGH, brain tumor) and the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (endoscopy
in skull-bases surgery).
Professor Sun-ha Paek of the department of neurosurgery
said, "For this event, ten Mayo Clinic medical professionals visited SNUH.
It is of great significance that a lot of Mayo Clinic physicians visit and perform
surgery with local counterparts." "We will continue to cooperate with
leading hospitals around the world to upgrade SNUH's reputation."