{"id":17884,"date":"2022-10-24T15:58:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/?p=17884"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:17:32","slug":"2022-saw-new-surgical-developments-in-mexican-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/pt-br\/ghi-analysis\/2022-saw-new-surgical-developments-in-mexican-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Saw New Surgical Developments in Mexican Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to Global Health Intelligence\u2019s Medical Equipment Market Report<\/a>, 13% of operating rooms in Latin America are in Mexico. There is also an average of 2.2 operating rooms per hospital in the country with both basic and specialized equipment. Being such an important market in the hospital sector, it is unsurprising that Mexico continues advancing with respect to surgical procedures in several of the country’s states, serving the different surgical needs of populations of various ages and conditions. The year 2022 has been a testament to how the field of surgery in Mexico has evolved and continued to make history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surgical advances in Mexican hospitals in 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Throughout 2022, Hospital General de M\u00e9xico Dr. Eduardo Liceaga (HGM) has been responsible for more than 80 transplants and the procurement of newly donated organs. A few months ago, HGM doctors conducted the first heart transplant<\/a> in a 30-year-old patient with severe cardiovascular disease. This surgery is one more procedure to add to the list of liver, cornea, kidney, and skeletal-muscle operations successfully performed at this Mexican hospital.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first transplant performed at HGM was a\nlive-donor kidney transplant in 1986. \nSince then, the hospital has worked to promote the culture of donation\nin order to save the lives of patients awaiting organs or tissue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Hospital de Magdalena de las Salinas, part of the Mexican Social Security Institute or IMSS by its Spanish acronym, \u201cO-arm\u201d surgery<\/a>, a technique that uses intraoperative navigation to stabilize a spinal fracture, was performed for the first time.\u00a0 It was a historic event for the hospital, which necessitated training for surgeons of the High Specialty Medical Unit (UMAE in Spanish), and for the biomedical, nursing, and hygiene and cleaning staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technology of the B. Braun Aesculap system was recently used at Hospital MAC Perif\u00e9rico Sur for the first minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery.<\/a> This branch of the MAC hospitals was the first private hospital to perform this type of procedure in Mexico.\u00a0 The procedure was successfully performed to decompress a spinal nerve root in a patient experiencing chronic low back pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Children and babies are benefiting from surgery in Mexican hospitals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Hospital \u00c1ngeles Le\u00f3n carried out the first microneurosurgery<\/a> for spina bifida repair\u2014the first surgery of its kind to be done in the state of Guanajuato. The hospital was also the first in the Los Angeles Hospital chain to perform this procedure.\u00a0 The intrauterine surgery was able to close the fetus\u2019 spinal column and prevent future complications of disability or neurological damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months ago, Hospital del Ni\u00f1o Rodolfo Nieto Padr\u00f3n in the state of Tabasco was also recognized for conducting the first laryngotracheal reconstruction<\/a> surgery to be done in the state. An 18-month-old child was the patient who benefited from the surgery, considered complicated because of the postoperative evaluation it requires.\u00a0 The surgery was successful and the patient\u2019s progress was satisfactory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Historic first-time surgeries in Mexico<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An important event in the field of Mexican surgery is commemorated in 2022: the tenth anniversary of the first catheterization <\/a>via the femoral artery to fit an aortic valve.\u00a0 This procedure was done at Hospital de Cardiolog\u00eda del Centro M\u00e9dico Nacional (CMN) Siglo XXI, which at the time was considered a pioneer in medicine for doing a procedure of this kind instead of conventional surgery. The patient who underwent this catheterization is now almost 80 years old and her valve is working to perfection.\u00a0 This year also marks the 61st anniversary of Hospital de Cardiolog\u00eda del CMN Siglo XXI as a provider of high-specialty services in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently established hospitals are not being left behind: Hospital Covadonga in Boca del R\u00edo, Veracruz, conducted its first surgery<\/a> this year, which consisted in correcting an abdominal hernia.\u00a0 With this, the hospital is looking to consolidate itself as a respected institution serving the community of Boca del R\u00edo.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, not all the events of 2022 have been complex surgical procedures.\u00a0 Proof of this is Hospital General Xoco in Mexico City, where, in August, the hospital\u2019s orthopedic doctors held a \u201cSurgical Marathon<\/a>\u201d each weekend throughout the month.\u00a0 They operated on 12 to 14 people daily for wrist, tibia, and ankle fractures.\u00a0 The operations were free of charge and the required postoperative was given to the patients, most of whom were discharged the day after their procedures.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mexico will continue to grow in the field of surgery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mexico is a dynamic market for the health\nsector in Latin America.  The hospital\nsector contributes more than 1% of the country\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP),\nand attends to nearly 6 million patients a year, equivalent to 5% of the\npopulation.  In\naddition to having trained personnel and increasingly sophisticated surgical\nequipment, work has been done in Mexico to improve and maintain the\ninfrastructure of the country\u2019s hospitals, clinics, and health centers.  Whether it is a case of modernizing old\nhospitals or bringing new ones up to standard, the aim is to improve the\nquality of health services by replacing obsolete equipment and purchasing new\ndevices.  It is hoped that this will\npositively affect the care and well-being of the Mexican population, and\ncontinue contributing to the development of the health sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in learning more about the surgical procedures performed in Mexico, contact us <\/a>for information on SurgiScope<\/a>, the only database containing figures on diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical procedures in Mexico and Latin America. You can sign up to SurgiScope<\/a> and receive a demonstration from GHI on how to obtain and use these strategic data to address your research and business needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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