Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Reaches 20,000 Robotic Surgeries, Marking New Clinical Milestone
On Monday morning, a commemorative photo was taken in front of the chapel in the lobby on the first floor of the main building at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. Those present included Hospital Director Lee Ji-yeol, Vice Director of Nursing Kim Hye-kyung, and other key officials, as well as former Director of the Robotic Surgery Center Professor Kim Mi-ran (Obstetrics and Gynecology), Professor Song Gyo-young (Gastrointestinal Surgery), and Center Director Hong Seong-hu (Professor of Urology), along with numerous other faculty and staff members / Provided by Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
The 20,000th surgery was a single-port robotic procedure performed by Professor Kim Kwang-soon of the Department of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery. The patient, who had been under long-term follow-up for primary aldosteronism, underwent a single-port robotic retroperitoneal adrenalectomy and was discharged in good health on April 24, the day after the surgery / Provided by Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
