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Editor's note
In 2020, Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone, on the island province of Hainan, introduced as many as 129 new types of medical instrument and applied 78 practices for the first time in China.
In order to carry out the "Health China" strategy, and by taking advantage of Hainan Free Trade Port policies, the zone has created more options to maintain the health of Chinese patients.
Check out these highlights of Lecheng's first medical applications in China.
- January 5, 2020
First batch of patients receive Ultherapy treatment
One of China's first patients to receive Ultherapy treatment underwent the procedure led by Professor Zhang Xuejun at the Cosmetic Medicine Center, Boao Super Hospital on Jan 5, 2020.
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- January 10, 2020
Medtronic balloon-type cryoablation catheter implanted at Boao Super Hospital
The opening of the Medtronic Innovative Therapy Center in Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone was followed by China's first operation to implant a Medtronic balloon-type cryoablation catheter, which was carried out at Boao Super Hospital on Jan 10, 2020.
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- April 18, 2020
Boao Super Hospital carries out China's first ABI clinical application
The Clinical Otolaryngology Center at Boao Super Hospital carried out an Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) operation on April 18, 2020. The operation was China's first clinical application of synchrony ABI. It is the only option for hearing-impaired people who cannot implant artificial cochlea.
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- April 25, 2020
Boao Super Hospital conducts minimally invasive surgery for glaucoma, cataracts
China's first phaco+iol+xen minimally invasive triple operation for glaucoma and cataracts was successfully carried out at Boao Super Hospital.
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- May 26, 2020
4-year-old baby receives new cochlea Ultra 3D implanting operation
A 4-year-old baby received an implant of a US new-generation cochlea Ultra 3D at Boao Super Hospital on May 26, 2020. It was the hospital's first US new-generation cochlea Ultra 3D implant operation since the COVID-19 virus was contained.
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- June 28, 2020
Boao Super Hospital makes China's first artificial iris implantation operation
China's first artificial iris implant operation was carried out at Boao Super Hospital on June 28, 2020 by Chen Wei, director of the International Eye Center of Boao Super Hospital and deputy head of the Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University (WMU), alongside Zhao Zhenquan, who is also from WMU's Eye Hospital.
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- June 28, 2020
4-year-old child receives China's first CI632 artificial cochlea implantation
A 4-year-old child patient suffering severe sensorineural deafness in both ears received China's first CI632 artificial cochlea implant on June 28, 2020.
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- August 1, 2020
Boao Super Hospital carries out Mentor Xtra breast prosthesis
China's first implant of a Johnson & Johnson Mentor Xtra breast prosthesis was carried out at Boao Super Hospital on Aug 1, 2020.
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- August 23, 2020
Yiling Life Care Center conducts LILANSSI dextran microsurgery
China's first LILANSSI dextran microsurgery was successfully carried out at Boao Yiling Life Care Center on Aug 23, 2020.
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- September 5, 2020
Second-generation trail-less pacemaker Micra AV applied in Lecheng
The second-generation trail-less pacemaker Micra AV was applied in clinical practice for the first time in China at Boao Super Hospital on Sept 5, 2020.
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- September 29, 2020
Boao Super Hospital gives first Pralsetinib prescription outside US
Pralsetinib, a new medicine approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, was prescribed for the first time outside the US at Boao Super Hospital on Sept 29, 2020. It was Lecheng's first new drug to get listed and applied synchronously with the world.
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- November 2, 2020
Hainan General Hospital Lecheng Branch makes China's first XOSPATA prescription
Hainan General Hospital Lecheng Branch made China's first XOSPATA prescription on Nov 2, 2020. XOSPATA is the first drug of its kind to be used by Lecheng to treat a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).
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- November 12, 2020
Germany's INUS targeted clearance technology applied in China
A team from the Department of Infection at Boao Super Hospital used Germany's INUS-targeted clearance technology to remove heavy metal ions and blood lipids from the blood of a patient with chronic fatigue and hyperlipidemia caused by environmental pathogenic factors on Nov 2, 2020.
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- November 14, 2020
Hainan's first injection of recombinant herpes zoster vaccine delivered at Lecheng
Hainan's first injection of a recombinant herpes zoster vaccine was delivered at Lecheng's United Family International Vaccine Center on Nov 14, 2020.
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- November 23, 2020
First child with neuroblastoma to get GD2 monoclonal antibodies
Xiao Fan (pseudonym), the first child with neuroblastoma to be treated with GD2 monoclonal antibodies in China, completed the first course of treatment at Hainan Women and Children's Medical Center Lecheng Branch from Nov 13 to 23, 2020.
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- December 12, 2020
Boston Scientific completes China's first prostate hyperthermia ablation surgery
Boston Scientific Corporation, together with Boao Yiling Life Care Center, hosted the REZUM hyperthermia ablation system surgery conference, and completed the first prostate hyperthermia ablation surgery in China on Dec 12, 2020.
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- December 18, 2020
Actis artificial femoral stem prosthesis carried out at Boao Super Hospital
An expert team from the National Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics and Sports Rehabilitation completed the first clinical application of Johnson & Johnson's arthritis Actis artificial femoral stem prosthesis in China at Boao Super Hospital on Dec 18.
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- December 18, 2020
Boao Super Hospital carries out intelligent precision surgery for gastric cancer
The first intelligent precision surgery for gastric cancer has been carried out in Boao Super Hospital, with the help of Johnson & Johnson's innovative GST electric cavity cutting stapler and Harmonic HD1000i high-frequency ultrasound knife on Dec 18, 2020.
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- December 26, 2020
Cutting-edge robot-assisted surgeries completed at Hainan medical pilot zone
Four robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgeries, the first of their kind in China, were completed by staff at the National Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Boao Super Hospital in the Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone on Dec 26.
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