AIN Hospital Director Lee Jin-wook Supervises First European Single-Port Robotic Thyroid Surgery Using da Vinci SP System
AIN Hospital Center Director Lee Jin-wook Debuts Europe’s First Single-Port Robotic Thyroid Surgery (SPRA)
On October 26, AIN Hospital director Lee Jin-wook supervised the first single-port robotic thyroid surgery in Europe at Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart using the da Vinci SP system. The procedure, performed by Professor Andreas Zilke on a 50-year-old patient with a follicular tumor, successfully demonstrated the technique's safety and efficacy after prior training in Korea. This event marks the introduction of Lee's unilateral areolar approach method to European clinical practice, aiming to expand global surgical training and academic collaboration.
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man with a 3-cm follicular tumor in the right side of her thyroid. Wanting surgery that would leave no scar on her neck, she made inquiries across Europe and decided to undergo the procedure to coincide with Lee’s visit. The operation was successfully completed in two hours under his supervision. This training is significant because it will help Professor Andreas, who previously received training in robotic thyroid s
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man with a 3-cm follicular tumor in the right side of her thyroid. Wanting surgery that would leave no scar on her neck, she made inquiries across Europe and decided to undergo the procedure to coincide with Lee’s visit. The operation was successfully completed in two hours under his supervision. This training is significant because it will help Professor Andreas, who previously received training in robotic thyroid s
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inue to expand surgical training for medical professionals around the world and academic collaboration.” Lee, who has performed 2,000 robotic thyroid surgeries, developed the world’s first single-port robotic thyroid cancer surgery via a unilateral areolar approach (SPRA) in 2022. He has since continued to actively provide surgical training to medical professionals overseas and take part in international academic act
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ised and taught single-port robotic thyroid surgery (SPRA) using the da Vinci SP surgical system via a unilateral areolar approach. As Professor Andreas Zilke, a surgeon and head of the local center, performed the operation for the first time, Lee closely supervised the entire procedure. It was the first time this surgical technique had been performed in Germany or anywhere in Europe. The patient was a 50-year-old wo
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man with a 3-cm follicular tumor in the right side of her thyroid. Wanting surgery that would leave no scar on her neck, she made inquiries across Europe and decided to undergo the procedure to coincide with Lee’s visit. The operation was successfully completed in two hours under his supervision. This training is significant because it will help Professor Andreas, who previously received training in robotic thyroid s
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inue to expand surgical training for medical professionals around the world and academic collaboration.” Lee, who has performed 2,000 robotic thyroid surgeries, developed the world’s first single-port robotic thyroid cancer surgery via a unilateral areolar approach (SPRA) in 2022. He has since continued to actively provide surgical training to medical professionals overseas and take part in international academic act
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[Sportschosun reporter Jang Jong-ho] Lee Jin-wook, a board-certified surgeon and director of the Thyroid Cancer Center at AIN Hospital, part of the AIN Medical Foundation (Chairman Oh Ik-hwan), successfully supervised single-port robotic thyroid surgery (SPRA) in Germany, introducing the procedure in Europe for the first time. On October 26, Lee visited Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart in Germany, where he directly superv
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ised and taught single-port robotic thyroid surgery (SPRA) using the da Vinci SP surgical system via a unilateral areolar approach. As Professor Andreas Zilke, a surgeon and head of the local center, performed the operation for the first time, Lee closely supervised the entire procedure. It was the first time this surgical technique had been performed in Germany or anywhere in Europe. The patient was a 50-year-old wo
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man with a 3-cm follicular tumor in the right side of her thyroid. Wanting surgery that would leave no scar on her neck, she made inquiries across Europe and decided to undergo the procedure to coincide with Lee’s visit. The operation was successfully completed in two hours under his supervision. This training is significant because it will help Professor Andreas, who previously received training in robotic thyroid s
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inue to expand surgical training for medical professionals around the world and academic collaboration.” Lee, who has performed 2,000 robotic thyroid surgeries, developed the world’s first single-port robotic thyroid cancer surgery via a unilateral areolar approach (SPRA) in 2022. He has since continued to actively provide surgical training to medical professionals overseas and take part in international academic act
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