China News Service, Beijing, March 4 (Zhao Chunpeng) Wu Xinbao, the vice president of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, successfully helped patients with calcaneal fractures who were far away in Suzhou First People's Hospital in Anhui Province completed the closed reduction of the left calcaneus lag screw Internal fixation surgery.

This is the first domestic 5G remote orthopedic robot-assisted trauma surgery.

  Today, the reporter learned from Beijing Jishuitan Hospital that with the help of 5G network technology, the operation was completed on March 3.

  According to reports, before the start of the operation, the First People's Hospital of Suzhou City, Anhui Province gave a detailed introduction of the patient’s medical history, physical examination, auxiliary examinations and other information, as well as a number of safeguards provided by the hospital for this remote operation.

Experts such as Wu Xinbao fully understood the patient's condition through the Orthopedic Robot Remote Surgery Information Platform of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, and had online discussions and exchanges with doctors from Suzhou First People's Hospital of Anhui Province on the patient's surgery plan.

Doctors in both places agreed that with the assistance of orthopedic surgical robots, the design of the operation by experts from Beijing Jishuitan Hospital can be realized during the operation, and precise reduction and internal fixation can be performed to ensure the success of the operation.

  After perfecting a series of preoperative preparations at the First People's Hospital of Suzhou City, Anhui Province, at 12:28 on March 3, the remote operation officially began.

The first People's Hospital of Suzhou City collected the patients' intraoperative 3D images and then transmitted them to Beijing Jishuitan Hospital. Wu Xinbao completed the remote surgery planning through the Dimensity Orthopedic Surgery Robot Platform, and controlled the remote robot to perform the three-dimensional positioning of the surgery.

At 13:06 that day, under the close cooperation of Wu Xinbao's remote operation and Suzhou First People's Hospital, a screw was successfully placed in the patient.

The three-dimensional scan image showed that the screw position was accurate and completely in line with the surgical plan. The operation was finally a complete success, and the intraoperative bleeding was only 5ml.

  With the help of 5G technology, the transmission of images, sounds and robot control signals between the two places is very smooth, and doctors in the two places can communicate in real time online.

  According to the relevant person in charge of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, the hospital has carried out many cases of 5G remote robot-assisted surgery.

With the help of 5G network technology, doctors in different regions can eliminate geographical separation and communicate smoothly. Through remote consultation and remote surgery, they can solve the pain of patients in the first time, greatly improving the level of local medical service guarantee.

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