Preserving Form and Hope: Korean Surgeon Reaches 500th Robotic Breast Cancer Operation
Patients preparing for breast cancer surgery often ask a quiet question before entering the operating room. It is rarely about medical statistics.
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From Liposuction Waste to Skin Models: Discarded Human Fat Repurposed for Medical Research
Human fat once discarded as medical waste after liposuction is set to take on new life as a crucial material for advanced skin research.
“Good Care Alone Isn’t Enough”: Cho Hyun-jin on Haeundae Paik’s Patient Experience Breakthrough
The medical care was excellent, and the nursing was top-notch. But if an argument erupts over parking fees on the day...
Korean Surgeons Settle Decades-Long Debate Over Rectal Cancer Technique
Outside the operating room, a patient’s family waits anxiously. Although the rectal cancer surgery has concluded...
When Pain Keeps You from Walking, Start with the Cause
Editor’s note: In Japan’s orthopedic community, specialists use the term "locomotive syndrome" to describe a decline in...
Yonsei Cancer Center Expands Carbon-Ion Therapy to Head and Neck Cancers, Sarcomas, and Recurrent Rectal Cancers
For patients facing cancers that are anatomically difficult to operate on or resistant to conventional radiation—as...
'Don't Cry for Me, Sudan' Boy Becomes South Sudan's First Neurologist, Fulfilling Another Youth's Unfinished Dream
A South Sudanese boy featured in the documentary film Don’t Cry for Me, Sudan alongside the late Father Lee Tae-seok...
A Single Drop of Plasma and 10 Minutes: Rapid Test Identifies Cardiovascular Disease with 91.4% Accuracy
Researchers have developed a diagnostic technology capable of reading molecular signals associated with cardiovascular...
A 1-Millimeter Difference: Why Knee Surgeons Are Turning to Precision Robotics
[Summary]Robotic joint replacement surgery can reduce alignment error to less than 1 mm—a margin thinner than a...
AI Boosts Precision in Identifying Causal Genes for Inherited Retinal Diseases
Inherited retinal diseases present significant diagnostic challenges: while many manifest with similar clinical...