Advanced surgery center opens at Cardinal Santos

FILIPINO surgeons and their patients will benefit from the opening of the country’s first training center on Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) on Monday, May 5, at Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC).

CSMC will formally inaugurate the Philippine Center for Advanced Surgery which will house state-ofthe-art facilities for MIS training, including the country’s first MISdedicated wet and dry skills laboratories, training rooms and a 146-seater auditorium.

“Cardinal Santos Medical Center is leading the way for MIS training as it plans to become the country’s premier academic training institution,” said CSMC President Pilar Nenuca P. Almira.

With the opening of the MIS center, surgeons can be trained on proper techniques and instrumentation for minimally invasive surgical procedures without going to the more expensive MIS training hubs in Singapore and Taiwan.

Minimally invasive surgery is a procedure in which doctors use specially designed surgical instruments and endoscopes through very small incisions compared to traditional open surgery.

Many surgeons today recognize the growing popularity of MIS because of its beneficial effects on patients, including faster recovery time, less pain and scarring, and shorter hospital stay.