先日台湾の花蓮にて行われたTSVS cadaver workshop に参加しました。
胸腹部大動脈人工血管置換術をStep-by-stepで解説し、その翌日、翌々日と手術のアシスタントを行いました。
今回もcadavers workshop に先立ち、花蓮慈濟病院ではsilent mentors の方々にご挨拶と感謝のお祈りを行ってからの実技でした。
日本では数少ないcadaver workshop ですが、普段の手術室では細かく教えることの難しい手技をゆっくりと教え、実践してもらい、台湾の先生方に沢山のことを教えることが出来ました。
ステントグラフトが治療の中心になり、ほとんどの医師が左開胸手術を知らない台湾では、このような機会が本当に大切だと思います。
また様々な台湾の先生方のお力添えもあり、このような関係がこれからも続けられることに本当に感謝しています。
I recently had the opportunity to participate in the TSVS Cadaver Workshop held in Hualien, Taiwan.
During the session, I gave a step-by-step explanation of thoracoabdominal aortic graft replacement surgery. On the following two days, I assisted in live surgeries.
Before the workshop began, we visited Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital to express our greetings and prayers of gratitude to the silent mentors who had selflessly donated their bodies for medical education.
Cadaver workshops are still rare in Japan, but they offer a valuable opportunity to teach delicate surgical techniques that are difficult to demonstrate in a regular operating room.
It was truly fulfilling to take the time to instruct, demonstrate, and share surgical knowledge with many doctors in Taiwan.
As stent grafts have become the mainstay of treatment, very few surgeons in Taiwan now perform left thoracotomy operations. That is why opportunities like this are so important for preserving open surgical techniques.
I am deeply grateful to all the Taiwanese colleagues and mentors who made this meaningful exchange possible. I sincerely hope that our collaboration will continue in the future.