Professor Yang Yoon-seok of Daejeon Eulji Hospital succeeded in the world's first V Notts 5-based sacral fixation
Apr 16, 2025
Yang Yoon-seok, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Daejeon Eulji University Hospital who is a pioneer in surgery 'Vnotts' succeeded in 'Davinch5-based Vnotts sacral fixation' for the first time in the world.
'VNOTES (transVaginal Natural Orientation Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery)' is a gynecological surgery that removes lesions in the uterus through the vagina without putting a knife on the skin.
A sacral fixation is an operation that supports organs by connecting the vagina with the sacrum, the bone at the tip of the spine, with a mesh.
Pelvic organ exodus, also known as 'bottom disease', is a disease in which organs such as bladder, uterus, and rectum escape through the vagina as the muscles and ligaments that support the pelvic muscles rapidly weaken after menopause. As it is a disease that greatly reduces the quality of life, pelvic reconstruction is necessary, and sacral fixation, which has the least recurrence, is in the spotlight.
The biggest advantage of da Vinci5-based vnotz sacroiliac fixation is the reduction of surgical time. The operation, which used to take about two hours, was shortened by about one hour. This is the result of utilizing the maximum performance of Da Vinci 5, which is specialized in single-hole surgery. In addition, more sophisticated surgery is possible by adding 'force feedback' technology that detects push and pull forces to the skill of the surgeon who has been studying Vnotts surgery for a long time.
Professor Yang Yoon-seok said, `In order to separate a bladder or rectum from a quality, a robot arm must have easy and deep access to narrow and fine areas, and as the power and touch of the robot arm were passed on to the conductors, they were able to use delicate techniques beyond human hands", he explained.
Professor Yang introduced perforation fixation through Vnotts for the first time in Korea in 2019, and succeeded in implementing 'robot Vnotts sacral fixation' through surgical robots in 2023.
'VNOTES (transVaginal Natural Orientation Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery)' is a gynecological surgery that removes lesions in the uterus through the vagina without putting a knife on the skin.
A sacral fixation is an operation that supports organs by connecting the vagina with the sacrum, the bone at the tip of the spine, with a mesh.
Pelvic organ exodus, also known as 'bottom disease', is a disease in which organs such as bladder, uterus, and rectum escape through the vagina as the muscles and ligaments that support the pelvic muscles rapidly weaken after menopause. As it is a disease that greatly reduces the quality of life, pelvic reconstruction is necessary, and sacral fixation, which has the least recurrence, is in the spotlight.
The biggest advantage of da Vinci5-based vnotz sacroiliac fixation is the reduction of surgical time. The operation, which used to take about two hours, was shortened by about one hour. This is the result of utilizing the maximum performance of Da Vinci 5, which is specialized in single-hole surgery. In addition, more sophisticated surgery is possible by adding 'force feedback' technology that detects push and pull forces to the skill of the surgeon who has been studying Vnotts surgery for a long time.
Professor Yang Yoon-seok said, `In order to separate a bladder or rectum from a quality, a robot arm must have easy and deep access to narrow and fine areas, and as the power and touch of the robot arm were passed on to the conductors, they were able to use delicate techniques beyond human hands", he explained.
Professor Yang introduced perforation fixation through Vnotts for the first time in Korea in 2019, and succeeded in implementing 'robot Vnotts sacral fixation' through surgical robots in 2023.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
