The world’s first 5D intelligent one-stop respiratory interventional demonstration operating room was put into use at the Jinshan campus of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University on October 22, 2025. (Photo/Qi Lansen)
Chongqing - The world’s first 5D intelligent one-stop respiratory interventional operating room was recently put into use at the Jinshan campus of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.
The launch highlights China's progress in achieving precision visualization, intelligent decision-making, and standardized operations in respiratory interventional diagnosis and treatment.
Inside the world’s first 5D intelligent one-stop respiratory interventional demonstration operating room. (Photo/Qi Lansen)
For a long time, the diagnosis and treatment of complex respiratory diseases have been limited by single-department operations and fragmented treatment, said Guo Shuliang, Director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.
He said, “Previously, respiratory interventions worldwide mainly relied on the ‘1D’ approach — interventions via the airway. Only a few institutions had adopted a ‘2D’ model, combining trans-airway and transcutaneous-thoracic approaches. During interventions, complications such as bleeding could easily lead to severe outcomes, like asphyxiation due to the limited pathways and options, creating a major bottleneck for treatment safety and efficiency.”
To tackle this challenge, Guo said his team pioneered the world’s first “5D” respiratory interventional system. It brings together four anatomical pathways including trans airway, trans pulmonary vessel, transcutaneous thoracic and transesophageal, and unites internal medicine with thoracic surgery to create a comprehensive and multidimensional treatment network.
This integration means that many complex respiratory diseases that once required multiple departments and staged procedures — such as complex airway lesions, refractory hemoptysis, and early-stage lung cancer — can now be treated through a one-stop, multidimensional, and precision-guided procedure within the 5D operating room, according to Guo.
If the "5D" system builds the three-dimensional “transport network” of surgery, then digital intelligence serves as its "core engine." He Jianguo, Vice President of the hospital, explained that the demonstration operating room integrates cutting-edge technologies such as remote surgical guidance, real-time operation broadcasting, and two-way audio-visual teaching. It enables intelligent management of medical big data, smart imaging analysis, and multimodal data fusion across devices.
These advancements make surgical planning more precise, operations safer, and workflows more efficient, said He, adding that the facility will significantly enhance the hospital's capabilities in diagnosing and treating complex airway diseases, refractory hemoptysis, early-stage lung cancer, and pulmonary nodules.