Understanding abdominal hernia

Hernia occurs where there is weakness in the abdomen or wall of the stomach. As a result, the internal part of the abdomen can push out from under the skin. 

 

Even metastatic testicular cancer curable

Doctors at the Hà Nội Medical University Hospital have successfully removed a large tumor from a man’s testicles.

Young doctors volunteer to help heal poor districts

Doctor Nguyễn Chiến Quyết completed his first surgery as lead surgeon last Wednesday, performing a hernia operation on a four-year-old Mông ethnic boy, at Bắc Hà District General Hospital in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai.

1,200 boys diagnosed with genital infections in Hoàn Kiếm District

Some 1,200 boys in kindergarten schools have been found to be suffering from genital infections in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District.

Surgical skills improve at HCM City district hospital

 Thanks to technical assistance from surgeons at HCM City’s Thủ Đức District Hospital, doctors at District 11 Hospital were able to perform, for the first time, operations on a broken leg and hernia.

Mini instruments reduce pain, post-operative stays

Application of advanced mini techniques can reduce post-operative care and pain compared to traditional methods, doctors said at Bình Dân Hospital’s biennial conference held in HCM City last Saturday. 

Remember the poor lady in the river For Halloween, one man in HCM City wore a doctor's white coat with a name tag on the left chest pocket. It did not read "Dr Frankenstein", but "Dr Cat Tuong". Dam Vinh Hung, a well known Vietnamese pop star, dressed up in the ghoulish costume to mimic a medico who is being gossipped about all over town.

Paediatric surgeons share latest findings Professors and surgeons of hospitals nationwide attended a two-day national conference on paediatric surgery in HCM City to discuss the use of advanced techniques in paediatric surgery to treat disease and congenital problems.

Police halt plans to sell Buddha statue Police of Chau Thanh District, southern An Giang Province, have thwarted plans to sell an antique 82-kg Buddha statue.

Doctors save infant with open diaphragm Doctors from HCM City's Children No1 Hospital have saved the life of a three-month-old boy diagnosed with a diaphragmatic hernia.