Soonchunhyang University Hospital—Seoul, Korea South

Soonchunhyang University Hospital

Address:
Soonchunhyang University Hospital
59 Daesagwan-ro
Yongsan-gu
Seoul, Korea South, 04401

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Byung-Joon Shin Spine Center Director: Byung-Joon Shin

Team members:
Jae Chul Lee
Sung-Woo Choi

Center description

We try to localize and selectively treat the spine pathology that matches the patient's symptoms in various image modality. It is because the segment and extent of surgery can be reduced by that way. At the spine conference, where all spine surgeons gather every week, treatment decisions are made in consultation with all clinical data of difficult patient cases.

Most frequent pathologies

Degenerative disease, Deformity, Trauma

 

Number of cases 

Cases per year: 
Number of instrumented cases per year: 

Total estimated number of procedures per month:

  • Cervical deformity 
  • Cervical trauma 
  • Cervical tumor 
  • Rheumatoid cervical spine 
  • Chronic pain 
  • Degenerative cervical spine 
  • Degenerative lumbar spine 
  • Dysraphic conditions 
  • Special procedures 
  • Thoracic & lumbar trauma 
  • Thoracic, lumbar and sacral tumor 
  • Thoracolumbar deformity 

500-600
400-500

 

1-2
1-2 
0-1
0-1
1-2
4-6
25-30
0-1
0-1
5-10
0-1
5-10 

Other techniques performed:
We perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS TLIF or DLIF) for degenerative spine disease and spinal degenerative deformity. Our hospital also performs many deformity corrections (scoliosis or kyphosis), and cervical spine pathology.

 

Types of Fellowships

  • National fellowship
  • Regional and international fellowship
  • Short-term fellowships (2 weeks to 6 months)
  • Long-term fellowships (6 to 12 months)
  • Fellow can scrub-in as surgeon
  • Fellow can scrub-in as assistant

Average number of surgeries per week in the OR for the fellow: 2-3