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  Asan Medical Center makes history in liver transplantation - Seven thousand liver transplantations

  MORE AMC set a world record of 7,000 liver transplantations as the liver transplantation team successfully performed a living-donor liver transplantation(LDLT) on July 17, 2020. AMC has made history through endless challenges by becoming the world’s first medical institution to perform in modified right lobe LDLT, dual graft LDLT, and ABO-incompatible liver transplantation and Korea’s first to perform pediatric LDLT, ABO-incompatible pediatric LDLT, and simultaneous liver-heart transplantation. Significantly, in January 1999, AMC developed the surgical technique of modified right lobe LDLT for the first time in the world, increasing the number of LDLTs done a year to more than 100 from about 30. The success rate has also significantly improved from 70% to over 95%.

Five-year cancer survival relative rates(2010~2014)

The introduction of cutting-edge medical technology such as robots is not only reducing the mortality rate of major cancer diseases, but also increasing the survival rate.

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  Thyroid cancer

  100.1%
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  Breast cancer

  93.2%
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  Prostate cancer

  79.9%
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  Colorectal cancer

  75.0%
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  Stomach cancer

  76.5%
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  Kidney cancer

  83.1%

※Cancer survival rates (1993–2017), National Cancer Information Center, 2019

Five-year post-transplant survival rates

The success rate of organ transplants, such as liver and kidney transplants, is overwhelmingly high in the world.

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  Liver transplant

  77.8%
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  Heart transplant

  76.3%
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  Pancreas transplant

  92.8%
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  Kidney transplant

  94.7%

※Korean Network for Organ Sharing (KONOS) Statistical yearbook, 2018

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  Samsung Medical Center Celebrates 20,000 Robotic Surgeries

  MORE Samsung Medical Center recently commemorated a significant achievement, having conducted 20,000 robotic surgeries. Since the launch of the Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center(SCCC) in 2008, the institution has been at the forefront of robotic surgery, experiencing rapid growth each year. In 2023 alone, the center performed over 3,400 robotic surgeries, placing it 9th globally. Notably, Samsung Medical Center ranks 2nd worldwide for prostate cancer surgeries (prostatectomy), 2nd for gastrectomy (stomach cancer), and 3rd for mastectomy (breast cancer).
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  “The World’s First”: Sequential Success of Thrombectomy Followed by Liver Transplant at Severance Hospital

  MORE In a groundbreaking first, a patient previously deemed unfit for transplant due to a portal vein blocked by a thrombus (blood clot) has successfully undergone liver transplant surgery following a thrombectomy. This marks the first instance worldwide of such a sequence being successful.
  Professors Lee Jae-keun and Min Eun-ki from the Department of Transplant Surgery at Severance Hospital, along with Professor Han Ki-chang from the Department of Interventional Radiology, announced on the 2nd that the transplant surgery was successfully completed for Mr. Jung Min-soo, 47, a patient with cirrhosis, after removing the thrombus that had obstructed the portal vein necessary for the operation.
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  Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea successfully celebrates 10,000 hematopoietic stem cell transplants for the first time in Korea and holds symposium

  MORE On April 14, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Hematology Hospital (Hospital Director Professor Kim Hee Je) successfully held a commemorative ceremony and symposium at the convention hall at Sungei Orthodontics Omnibus Park to celebrate the achievement of 10,000 cases of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
  After the first successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Korea in 1983, the hematology hospital, which celebrated its 40th anniversary, achieved 10,000 cases of hematopoietic stem cells for the first time in Korea in December last year. In addition, it has been recognized as the “4th hospital for hematologic cancer” by making the first domestic records of various hematopoietic stem cell transplantations and receiving patients for medical treatment for tertiary medical institutions such as other domestic and foreign university hospitals.

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  Korea University Anam Hospital Gives New Life to a Madagascar Woman with Giant Neurofibromatosis

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  A ‘New Light’ for Khankham Found at HanGil Eye Hospital

  MORE HanGil Eye Hospital has given a beacon of hope to Khankham, an 11-year-old child from Laos suffering from congenital cataracts. Dr. Choi Ki-yong, the medical director, conducted the surgery. HanGil Eye Hospital and the HanGil Foundation covered all expenses, including surgery, treatment, and living costs.
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  'Hole in the Heart' Burmese Boy Finds New Life at Seoul National University Hospital

  MORE A Burmese patient born with a complex heart deformity that even walking a challenge has returned to everyday life and playing with friends after undergoing two surgeries at Seoul National University Hospital.
  On the 13th, Seoul National University Hospital announced that they had successfully treated a child with congenital heart defects who had faced challenges getting treatment in Myanmar due to the local healthcare conditions and economic issues through two invitation surgeries in November 2019 and August 2023.