What unique surgeries in minor invasive surgery are currently available to Belarusians

While maintaining their identity, Belarusians are open to innovation. This applies to all areas of life, including medicine.

Minimal trauma, rapid recovery and resulting in improved quality of life for patients. Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital has performed unique low-invasive surgeries for many years. This was made possible by the introduction of innovative technologies.

It's an emergency. Hospitalization. And straight to the operating table. All of this is history for Olga Zaychuk. Quick action by doctors and innovative medical technologies kept the woman alive. The patient underwent a laparoscopic right-handed mesocolectomy at the Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital.

Olga Zaychuk, resident of Zaslavl:

"It's actually a miracle! I just can't imagine how that could be. I'm surprised! Literally on day three or four, it didn't even feel like I had surgery. After the reanimation, I got up right away."

Unique low-invasive surgeries are performed daily by doctors of the regional clinical hospital. The full range of high-tech care is available in seven areas - from general and vascular surgery to urology. Doctors perform up to several thousand such interventions each year.

Yegor Borovik, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital:

"We moved on to major surgeries on the pancreas, the liver, the colon, including even cases where we managed to perform laparoscopic removal of the entire stomach. It's all through little incisions. The main task of low-invasive technologies is to reduce pain syndrome, improve the course of the postoperative period and generally improve all early results of surgery."

The introduction of exclusive technologies in medicine is a continuous and ongoing process. Much of it is due to training.

Yegor Borovik, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital:

"Our specialists travel to China as well. We have recently been trained and prepared to perform surgical interventions using robotic, low-invasive surgery. Let us hope that we will have an era when this will also be implemented."

What matters is the patient's quality of life.

In addition to low-invasive technologies, unique reconstructive pancreatic surgeries are performed in the regional clinical hospital. On average, the operation lasts between three and six hours. The time is considerable, but justified. After long-term efforts by doctors, the quality of life of the patient is significantly improved.

Anatoly Shuleiko, Head of the Department of Surgery and Endoscopy at Belarusian State Medical University:

"Operating on chronic pancreatitis. Unfortunately, this has become quite a common pathology in our practice. It's linked to lifestyle. Today is not an easy case, so we will probably have a long surgery."

Accessibility of complex surgical care to residents is a key challenge.

Quality high-tech assistance is nearby. Clinics in the Minsk region have the necessary equipment and highly qualified staff. And every resident of the republic can get help. The main thing is to turn in time.