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Orthopedic Clinic of Kang Dong
Busan, Korea
Clinic Review
Kang Dong Medical Centre, located in the South Korean city of Busan, is a large, highly specialised hospital for orthopaedics and traumatology. The hospital opened in 1993 and meets all international medical standards. The clinic is recognised as innovative not only in South Korea but also in the whole Asian region, thanks to the constant modernisation and the development of new techniques for the treatment of orthopaedic pathologies. The hospital is equipped with the latest technology and has a 200-bed capacity. The latest imaging technology is available, enabling high-quality images to be obtained, and allowing doctors to make an accurate diagnosis.
The clinic's specialists are medical experts of the highest calibre, involved in a large number of scientific studies. The clinic's management keeps a close eye on staff qualifications. All doctors take part in scientific symposia at the international level.
The clinic's philosophy is to introduce only cutting-edge technologies and techniques that have proven their effectiveness. The hospital collaborates with leading orthopaedic centres in Japan, the USA, Canada and Europe. More than 4,000 surgical interventions of varying levels of complexity are carried out at the hospital each year. The clinic has a total staff of 170.
Individual orthopaedic rehabilitation and physiotherapy (including physiotherapy, massages, water therapy and machine therapy) are available at the clinic.
The centre is divided into highly specialised units.
Features of the Clinic
Hip replacement at Kang Dong Clinic
Here, surgical interventions are performed to replace injured or diseased (endoprosthetic) shoulder, knee, hip, and elbow joints. The most common reasons for joint replacement are different types of injuries, arthritis, and osteoarthritis that can cause joint destruction.
The brand and type of joint is chosen exclusively for each patient, taking into account the anatomy and peculiarities of life. The clinic co-operates directly with the world's leading manufacturers of endoprostheses, Johnson&Johnson, Biomet, Lima, Zimmer.
Specialists of Kang-Dong Clinic are known for the active use of orthopaedic navigation systems during joint endoprosthetics, which helps to maximise the correct fixation of the endoprosthesis and avoid rapid wear of bone tissue and individual parts of the prosthesis.
Endoscopy at the Kang Dong Clinic
The latest endoscopic video technology not only makes it possible to perform minimally invasive interventions without opening the joint, but also to shorten the recovery period considerably, as surgery is automatically less traumatic than standard surgery.
The main indications for endoscopic surgery are intra-articular fractures, various ligament injuries, arthritis, shoulder girdle muscle injuries and others. More than 500 operations are performed here every year.
Department of Spinal Surgery and Lumbago at Kang Dong Clinic
On the basis of this division, surgeries are performed to remove intervertebral hernias, including more than 200 laser-assisted discectomy operations, implantation of artificial intervertebral discs, microdiscectomy, laminectomy, and decompression of varying degrees of complexity.
The clinic also has a Paediatric Orthopaedics Centre, where children's orthopaedic diseases are treated using both conservative and surgical methods, and a Sports Medicine Department, where patients who have received injuries to the musculoskeletal system as a result of sports activities are treated and rehabilitated.
Kang Dong Orthopaedic Hospital is a renowned world leader in its own speciality. The hospital has repeatedly been the centre of medical services for international sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and ARES, and the first officials of the French Embassy have been treated at Kang Dong.
The Sports Department is known for providing medical care and recovery from injury to the famous footballer Zinedine Zidane in 2002.
Doctors
Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at Pusan University. Honorary Member of the Korean Society of Endoprosthetics and the Korean Society of Traumatology. He regularly visits the leading medical centres in Australia and England to share clinical experiences.
Doctor’s speciality: orthopaedics and traumatology.
Doctor’s speciality: orthopaedics and traumatology.
Choi Shin Kwon
Experience:
Orthopedics and traumatology
A highly qualified specialist in spinal surgery with a total medical experience of over 10 years. He holds a managerial position in the Department of Spinal Pathology and Spinal Surgery.
Doctor's speciality: spinal surgery.
Doctor's speciality: spinal surgery.
Son Sang-Gyu
Experience:
Neurosurgery
He is the Chief Physician of the Kang Dong Clinic and is a microsurgical expert second to none with more than 30 years of medical experience. He has performed over 1,000 spine surgeries and over 2,000 joint surgeries.
Doctor's speciality: surgery.
Doctor's speciality: surgery.
Kang Shin Hek
Experience: over 30 years
Orthopedics and traumatology
Location of the Clinic
Busan, Saha-gu, Sinpyeong-dong, 69
Kang Dong Clinic is located in the port city of Busan, which has won the love of travelers from all over the world thanks to the unique skyscrapers and a variety of historical attractions. In the morning - do not be lazy to go to Busan city park to admire the mirror pond, catch a splash of a refreshing waterfall and see the Busan city bell. In the afternoon - walk to the waterfront, and in the evening - take your soul in a cozy cafe, enjoying the evening glow of the big city. 
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