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BookmarkMajestic Opening Ceremony of
ASIA IRCAD Taiwan,
the training centre for excellence in minimal access surgery
26th May, 2008
Drums and Chinese dragons welcomed the French delegation led by Professor Jacques Marescaux. The IRCAD (Institute for Research on Cancers of the Digestive Tract) in Strasbourg now has its clone in Taiwan: the ASIA IRCAD Taiwan, a centre of 7,300 square meters modelled on the Strasbourg centre, was opened with great flourish on 26th May 2008 in partnership with the Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Lugang Town, Changhua County, Taiwan.
Full articleInauguration of the HD link
Between the New University Hospital and IRCAD
15th of May 2008
During this event, numerous officials took the opportunity to discover first-hand the full extent of the benefits brought about by this new technology. They were shown the new HD system for training in digestive and cancer surgery, the set-up of the international “IRCAD” network (Strasbourg, Taiwan, Buenos Aires and Dubai), and of course the new "intelligent OR1" operating room, the department of Virtual Reality dedicated to automatic 3D reconstructions of patient anatomy, and a tour of WeBSurg, the Internet’s very own university dedicated to laparoscopic surgery.French President Nicolas Sarkozy
visited IRCAD on the 6th of September 2007
Four months after his election, French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the IRCAD Institute (Research Institute against Digestive Cancer) on the 6th of September under the guidance of Professor Jacques Marescaux, President of the Institute. Theme of the visit: Research, Innovation, Robotics and New Surgical Technologies, Competitivity Pole. On this occasion, Nicolas Sarkozy also discovered the ASIA-IRCAD project, IRCAD's "twin" training and research center which will be inaugurated in May 2008 in Taiwan.Operation Anubis
A world first in no scar surgery
Jacques Marescaux (France)
On April 2nd 2007, at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, Professor Jacques Marescaux and his team, B. Dallemagne, MD, S. Perretta, MD, D. Mutter, MD, PhD, FACS, A. Wattiez, MD, D. Coumaros, MD, successfully performed the first no scar surgery. This first human incisionless operation was carried out using a flexible endoscope for transvaginal cholecystectomy in a 30-year-old woman with symptomatic gallstones...Operation Lindbergh
First transatlantic robot-assisted operation
Jacques Marescaux (France)
Surgeons Achieve World First with Successful TeleSurgery from New York on Patient in FranceOperation Lindbergh, a complete telesurgical operation carried out by a team of French surgeons located in New York on a patient in Strasbourg, France, was a total success. This is the first time in medical history that a technical solution has proven capable of reducing the time delay inherent to long distance transmissions, thus making this type of procedure possible.
Argonaute 3D
Broadband technology serving the medical community
Share patients' medical records in real time for in-depth analysis
A new experimental application known as Argonaute 3D makes it possible to share patients’ medical records in real time for in-depth analysis and enhanced preparation of optimum surgical strategies.Following the success in 2001 of Operation Lindbergh - the world’s first transatlantic telesurgical procedure - France Telecom and IRCAD (Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System) are continuing their partnership with the creation of the Argonaute 3D experimental platform...
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