Where the Severely Injured Rebuild Their Lives: Inside Asia’s Premier Trauma Recovery Hub
Yangpyeong Station in Gyeonggi Province is actively served by both the KTX and the Seoul metropolitan subway.
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Overestimating the Body: Why South Korea’s Aging Generations Face a Sudden Surge in Disability
“Society as a whole needs to pay closer attention to the safety of baby boomers and the so-called 386 generation.
Shin Hyung-ik Appointed Director of National Traffic Injury Rehabilitation Hospital
For patients who suffer severe injuries in traffic crashes or fall accidents, medical care does not end when emergency...
'Why Travel to Seoul for Emergency Stroke Care?': S Pohang Hospital’s 18-Year Mission
Two weeks before his daughter’s wedding, a middle-aged man was rushed to the hospital after suffering sudden paralysis...
Severe MRI Findings Don’t Automatically Require Spine Surgery: 3 Factors Doctors Check First
A patient undergoes a magnetic resonance imaging scan and is told that their spinal canal has "significantly narrowed"...
Spine and Joint Surgery in Your 80s Is Just the Beginning: Nanuri Hospital Conference Highlights Post-Op Care in Super-Aged Era
For elderly patients undergoing spine or joint surgery, a successful operation is not the finish line.
AI Consortium Launches 7.5 Billion Won Project to Personalize Chronic Pain Rehab for Older Adults
"My knee hurts constantly," an older patient might tell their doctor. Yet in many cases, diagnostic imaging like X-rays...
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...
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...
A Third Arm for Therapists: The Surgeon Bringing ‘Self-Driving’ Tech to Physical Rehab
Artificial intelligence may be able to detect a patient’s disease, but it cannot move stiff arms and legs for them.