Vietnam reaches a milestone with the first robotic brain surgery in a child with drug -resistant epilepsy

The global market of medical robotics undergoes an exponential growth. According to BoundariesThe sector was valued at around 27.7 billion USD in 2023, and forecasts reached USD 127 billion by 2033, expanding CAGR 16.5%.

Adoption is most visible in North America and Europe. In 2023, in Europe itself, it had over 3500 surgical robotic systems and carried out over 280,000 robotic operations, in accordance with Marketgrrowthreports.

This future has now reached Southeast Asia. In July 2025, the International Hospital Vinmec Central Park in Ho Chi Minh performed the first brain surgery in a robotic direction in Vietnam in a pediatric patient with drug -resistant epilepsy, signaling a breakthrough for the neurosurgical abilities of the region.

Precise intervention in pediatric epilepsy

The patient, BQK, a 9-year-old boy from Hanoi, suffered from epilepsy since 2021, despite many treatment patterns in Vietnam and abroad, his condition remained resistant, sometimes experiencing dozens of seizures a day. For five years his family was looking for final treatment.

This breakthrough took place in 2025. June 17, 2025 under the leadership of Dr. Truong Van Tri, with the support of a Japanese specialist in epilepsy. Dr Shunsuke Nakae, Surgery Team successfully used stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) using the Autoguide ™ robotic system. This means the first use of robotic Seegs in a pediatric patient in Vietnam.

The AutoGuide ™ robot has included a precise implantation of electrodes into high -risk brain areas. They included orbite -bark bark and lower frontal turns – dense regions with blood vessels and neural routes. Using MRI Tesla and the multi -channel EEG, doctors visualized brain activity, closed the sharpness of the robbery and performed minimally invasive resection.

“For the first time we achieved almost an ideal result in pediatric epileptic surgery thanks to AutoGuide ™. This is a key milestone, especially for young patients who are very exposed to serious brain surgery,” said Dr. Tri.

The patient did not report any neurological deficits after surgery and has resumed normal activities since then. Its seizure frequency dropped by more than 95%, which reflects both the effectiveness and safety of the procedure.

Medical perfection based on technology

According to World Health Organization (WHO)30% of patients with epilepsy are resistant to drugs, and surgery is often the best option. However, in children, locating the cerebral zone causing a robbery is particularly difficult because conventional EEG, PET or MRI often give ambiguous results.

Robotic Seg deals with these restrictions, offering real -time accuracy, submissive, reduced invasiveness and faster recovery times. With this breakthrough, Vinmec Central Park becomes one of the few hospitals in Asia capable of performing a robotic pediatric Seega. Recognized as a leading private hospital in Vietnam for international patients, the robotic epileptic operation also reflects the wider strategy for the development of Vinmec perfection centers.

Neurological care in Vietnam develops, approaching domestic standards to global comparative tests.