2026/09/16 11:46
The thoracic surgery medical team of Gaoyin Okayama Hospital used an advanced hybrid operating room (Hybrid OR) to accurately remove "ground glass nodules" in the lungs. (Provided by Okayama Medical College)
[Reporter Su Funan/Kaohsiung Report] Pulmonary surgeons often face a dilemma: too much resection will damage lung function and affect the quality of life in the future; too little resection may lead to insufficient safe distance between lesions and increase the risk of recurrence. The thoracic surgery medical team of Gaoyin Okayama Hospital uses an advanced hybrid operating room (Hybrid OR) to perform auxiliary surgeries to achieve the best balance between "complete resection of lesions" and "maximizing preservation of lung function."
A middle-aged man who lives a regular daily life, has no bad habits and pays attention to health. During a physical examination 2 years ago, a 0.8 cm "ground glass nodule" was found in the right lower lung lobe. Since the nodule has not disappeared after continuous tracking, clinical inference is that the probability of malignancy is high. The medical team of Okayama High School assessed that surgical removal is necessary to obtain a clear diagnosis and treatment.
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Li Yanlong, a thoracic surgeon, pointed out that in the traditional procedure, the patient must first go to the Department of Imaging Medicine for computerized tomography positioning, and then wait to enter the operating room. If the condition needs to be confirmed during the operation, the patient must be sent out of the operating room even before the anesthesia is withdrawn, which greatly increases the risk of infection and transportation.
The hybrid operating room breaks this limitation. The patient performs image positioning directly in the operating room, and the doctor obtains real-time 3D high-definition images during the operation. It can be said to be a super-intelligent operating room that "brings the most advanced top-level image navigation equipment (such as computed tomography, angiography, etc.) directly into the sterile operating room" to achieve "more accurate, safer, and more secure" high-quality medical services.
Li Yanlong said that the so-called "more accurate" is like driving with a high-definition "real-time navigation system". The doctor can accurately see the location of the lesion. When used in lung resection surgery, it can accurately define the scope of resection and achieve the best balance between preserving lung function and resecting the safe distance of the lesion. "It is safer. "This means that the patient's entire process from image positioning to surgery can be completed "one-stop" on the same operating table, eliminating the risk of movement during anesthesia and significantly shortening the overall operation and anesthesia time. "More peace of mind" means that images can be taken immediately on site to confirm the resection results before the end of the operation, significantly reducing the chance of a second operation.
Doctors remind that ground glass nodules in the lungs often have no obvious symptoms, and the public should undergo regular lung examinations. If abnormalities are found, excellent precision medical treatment and postoperative recovery effects can be achieved through the assistance of high-end equipment such as hybrid operating rooms.
