“GPS” in Tumour Surgery (Navigation-Assisted Tumour Surgery): The Future is Here
We are accustomed to using navigation in our daily lives, relying on navigation apps or “GPS” to find the best and fastest routes. Just as we use “GPS” to locate directions, the field of surgery has witnessed a transformative advancement – navigated assisted technology. On 19 October 2023, Dr. Prashant Narhari, Consultant Orthopaedic, Traumatologist & […]
Successful Treatment of Osteosarcoma with Freezing Technology
On 23ʳᵈ August 2023, Penang Adventist Hospital achieved something remarkable: a special surgery on a 4-year-old patient with a rare bone cancer. This surgery, using a liquid nitrogen cryotherapy procedure (freezing technology) and recycling the patient’s own bone, is quite rare in Malaysia, with only a few cases done before. The patient had a type […]
Bionic Growing Leg; first-case in Southeast Asia
28th February 2021 marks 18th month after Arfel receiving a ‘bionic growing metal implant’ into his shin bone. He proudly walks into the clinic without any support to get a routine check-up at the same clinic where he was battling for his life and limb a year before. Arfel was 12 years old when he […]
