Ain Hospital succeeded in simultaneous resection of adrenal tumors and thyroid cancer with Korea's first single engineering robotic surgery
Oct 19, 2025
The Ain Medical Foundation (Chairman Oh Ik-hwan) announced on the 19th that it has succeeded in simultaneous surgery for adrenal tumors and thyroid cancer through a single-hole robotic surgical device for the first time in Korea.
Lee Jin-wook, head of the thyroid center at Ain Hospital, performed surgery to remove the right adrenal gland and the left thyroid gland at the same time on patient A in his 30s suffering from Cushing's syndrome on the 13th.
A suffered from Cushing's syndrome, in which steroid hormones are excessively secreted in the body due to a 3cm tumor on the right adrenal gland, and he gained weight rapidly and was dependent on drugs for high blood pressure and diabetes.
In adrenal resection, there are not many hospitals that can operate, and postoperative medical management is very important.
A also had a 1cm thyroid cancer-suspected nodule in his left thyroid gland, so he was looking for a hospital where he could diagnose and operate the adrenal gland and thyroid gland at the same time. The diagnosed university hospital had a long procedure and waiting until surgery. As a result, Lee Jin-wook, head of the center, visited Ain Hospital, and succeeded in performing a fine needle test on thyroid nodules immediately, and performed a single-hole right adrenal resection through the retroperitoneum and a left thyroid lobectomy through the wheel with one anesthesia with a Da Vinci single-hole (SP) robotic surgery machine. It was the first surgery in Korea.
The patient is recovering without complications, and hormone levels and physiological indicators have recovered to normal, such as normal blood pressure levels from 150 to 100 immediately after surgery, reducing blood pressure and diabetes drugs.
"Cushing syndrome is a dangerous chronic disease that causes excessive hormonal conditions caused by adrenal tumors and has a mortality rate more than five times higher than that of normal people. Surgical treatment is essential, and postoperative medical management is also very important," said Lee Jin-wook, head of the center. "Thyroid cancer is a female cancer with the highest incidence, and if both diseases exist at the same time, I am proud to treat it at once without dividing surgery into two."
Meanwhile, Lee Jin-wook, director of the thyroid center at Ain Hospital, and Shin Myung-ho, director of the world's first thyroid cancer robotic surgery (SPRA) through one wheel, and published a paper on lateral neck resection using the SPRA method in the SCIE-level international journal in August.
Chairman Oh Ik-hwan said, `With the success of this operation, we will invest to have world-class capabilities in robotic surgery, including difficult adrenal surgery as well as high-level diseases such as thyroid cancer and colon cancer.'
Lee Jin-wook, head of the thyroid center at Ain Hospital, performed surgery to remove the right adrenal gland and the left thyroid gland at the same time on patient A in his 30s suffering from Cushing's syndrome on the 13th.
A suffered from Cushing's syndrome, in which steroid hormones are excessively secreted in the body due to a 3cm tumor on the right adrenal gland, and he gained weight rapidly and was dependent on drugs for high blood pressure and diabetes.
In adrenal resection, there are not many hospitals that can operate, and postoperative medical management is very important.
A also had a 1cm thyroid cancer-suspected nodule in his left thyroid gland, so he was looking for a hospital where he could diagnose and operate the adrenal gland and thyroid gland at the same time. The diagnosed university hospital had a long procedure and waiting until surgery. As a result, Lee Jin-wook, head of the center, visited Ain Hospital, and succeeded in performing a fine needle test on thyroid nodules immediately, and performed a single-hole right adrenal resection through the retroperitoneum and a left thyroid lobectomy through the wheel with one anesthesia with a Da Vinci single-hole (SP) robotic surgery machine. It was the first surgery in Korea.
The patient is recovering without complications, and hormone levels and physiological indicators have recovered to normal, such as normal blood pressure levels from 150 to 100 immediately after surgery, reducing blood pressure and diabetes drugs.
"Cushing syndrome is a dangerous chronic disease that causes excessive hormonal conditions caused by adrenal tumors and has a mortality rate more than five times higher than that of normal people. Surgical treatment is essential, and postoperative medical management is also very important," said Lee Jin-wook, head of the center. "Thyroid cancer is a female cancer with the highest incidence, and if both diseases exist at the same time, I am proud to treat it at once without dividing surgery into two."
Meanwhile, Lee Jin-wook, director of the thyroid center at Ain Hospital, and Shin Myung-ho, director of the world's first thyroid cancer robotic surgery (SPRA) through one wheel, and published a paper on lateral neck resection using the SPRA method in the SCIE-level international journal in August.
Chairman Oh Ik-hwan said, `With the success of this operation, we will invest to have world-class capabilities in robotic surgery, including difficult adrenal surgery as well as high-level diseases such as thyroid cancer and colon cancer.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
