Why Spine in Korea
- Global Positioning Of Korea In Terms Of Treatment And Surgery For Degenerative Spinal Diseases
Korea is the leading country in the minimally invasive spine surgery, which is an advanced type of spine surgery and treatment.
The largest number of articles was from China (30.15%), followed by South Korea (28.68%), the USA (13.97%), Germany (9.31%), and Japan (4.90%).
- Success Rate of Surgeries for Degenerative Spinal Diseases
Low recurrence and reoperation rates
Lumbar Herniated Disc Recurrence Rate
- Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy : 4.2%
- Open Microdiscectomy : 3.3%
Spinal Stenosis Reoperation Rate
- Fusion : 5.9%
- Decompression 4.0%
Patients Satisfaction : 90%
- Success Rate of Scoliosis Surgery
- World-Class Level of The Number of Spines Surgeries
According to the main surgery statistical yearbook from Korean National Health Insurance Service, the total number ofspine surgery was increased from 92,390 in 2004 to 174,868 in 2019.
Advanced Treatment
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS) for Degenerative Spinal Disease
Degenerative spinal diseases are pathologic degenerative changes progress in the relevant structures due to continuous use of spinal segments
Research in the field of MISS has made great progress in recent years
- UBE(Unilateral biportal endoscope) surgery
Lumbar fusion surgery is a treatment option for lumbar degenerative disease, such as segmental instability. Currently, various types of minimally invasive spine surgeries have been attempted to treat lumbar degenerative disease. Recently, spinal endoscopic surgeries have been attempted in the field of lumbar decompression and fusion surgery.
Among them, UBE surgery is in the spotlight, and Korean spine surgeons have developed a new surgical method and published it as a thesis. The following are some of the studies in which Korean neurosurgeons introduced these surgical methods and presented the results of the same surgical methods.
