American Physician, 71, Avoids Permanent Paralysis After Emergency Spinal Surgery in South Korea
A 71-year-old American physician who had long managed chronic back pain underwent emergency spinal surgery shortly after arriving in South Korea.
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MRI Shows It All—So Why Is the Doctor Asking Questions? Decoding Spinal Stenosis vs. Herniated Disks
An MRI scan may show both a herniated disk and spinal stenosis, but imaging alone does not dictate treatment.
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"...
Leg Pain Persists After Back Surgery? A 'Hidden Lesion' May Be the Culprit
When pain or numbness in the buttocks and legs persists after spinal surgery, it does not automatically indicate that...
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...
"Can I Get TAVI, Too?": 11 Key Questions to Ask Before an Aortic Valve Procedure
Many patients with severe aortic valve stenosis delay treatment out of fear of open-heart surgery.
Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Performs South Korea’s First ‘LLAMACORN’ TAVI Procedure
A medical team at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital has successfully performed South Korea’s first "LLAMACORN" procedure, a...
The Inactivity Trap: Why Resting Your Painful Joints Makes You Weaker
Editor’s note: In Japanese orthopedics, specialists define "locomotive syndrome" as a condition where declining...
No Need to Travel to Seoul: How South Gyeongsang Valve Patients Access Local TAVI Treatment
For older adults, heart valve disease can be particularly difficult to detect. Symptoms often develop gradually,...
Numb Calves Led Her to Seek Treatment—But the Culprit Wasn’t Her Knee; It Was Her Lower Back
[Summary] Lumbar spinal stenosis can cause numbness and pain to show up first in the legs or calves rather than the...