[Wooridul News] Wooridul Hospital has done successful elderly patient surgery

After surgery, Dr. Sang-ho Lee(Right) is explaining surgical procedure to medical team in Heights Hospital, Qīngdǎo Shì, China.

 

 

Spine health Wooridul Hospital has reported on last 30th, that Lee Sang Ho, Chairman of Wooridul Hospital has done successful elderly patient surgery on MARCH 23 (WED), who requested to take medication in China, Qingdao city Heights Hospital.

This is the first progressed surgery after signing the MOU of health technology partnership and employment exchanging with Heights Hospital in this earlier January and it appears to bringing the modern way of exporting health technology.

The treatment proceeded with lots of attention of the press such as QTV and Qingdaowanbo.

The surgery team of local China is including Chairman of Wooridul hospital Lee Sang ho, Director of Wooridul hospital in Kimpo - Beak Un Ki , Neurosurgeon Bae Jun Seok and neurosurgeon Lee Soe Min, In addition, two nurses and one radiation, total 7 health personnel. And all necessary equipment such as microscope, endoscope and laser, and other supplies that needed for surgery are transported from Korea either; operation proceeded under same condition as like Korea.

 

Patients who have done surgery in Qingdao city Heights hospital, both were elder patients and it was not possible to continue their treatment with surgery because of their great age and their chronic disease. 85 year old lady named Li Xiuqin has been suffering from backache and leg pains for over 20 years and since a year ago she started feeling numbness on her both side that caused of spinal canal stenosis, addition her medical history showed  that she had hypertension and heart diseases, coronary artery surgery. Patient had surgery of neural tube expansion and ligament repaired by microscope.

68 year old man Zhou Wei, his leg and back pain was getting worse since a year ago and recently patient appeared walking disorder that caused of disc herniation and spinal stenosis. Patient received disc surgery by endoscope and laser.

 

Qingdao heights Hospital orthopedic Professor said
“Wooridul hospital medical team admired me with their skills and surprised to see latest medical equipment such as a microscope, endoscope and laser. Spine diseases are very often and it’s related with aging population of china. However most patients are still couldn’t taking surgery treatment, because of its difficulties.

 Furthermore, China should also expect these new alternatives of minimal spine surgery techniques through the vigorous and active technical exchanges in the future.”

 

In current both patients are recovering and health conditions are very good.

Patient Li Xiuqin who was not able to walking, he is in good condition with relief pain and clean wound, also he started walking again. Patient Zhao Wei had severe hip pain with visual pain indexed 10, it is completely changed to “0” and possible to walking normally.

 

Chairman Lee Sang-Ho who performed a surgery, he said
“In order to get best result from the surgery, it required operating room under same conditions as like Korea Wooridul Hospital in China. Factors that making successful surgery of Wooridul Hospital is including treatment technique and equipment, in addition specialist and medical personnel who are as well as skilled and longtime clinical experience with Minimally invasive spine surgery that requiring delicate and precise technique. We transported our technology and resources to perform the surgery in local china, Furthermore our plan to try exchange health technology continuously in education.