웰튼병원, 관절, 척추, 내과, 건강검진센터

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Spine Center

Non-surgical treatment is an effective option for patients whose symptoms do not improve with conservative care but are not in a serious condition that requires surgery. It rarely causes side effects and patients can immediately return to their daily lives after the treatment.

  • Nerve blocking

    The site of lesion in the spine is confirmed with radiation projection C-arm after local anesthesia and drug is injected with syringe to treat inflammation.
    Application

    cervical disk (lumbar herniated intervertebral disk), turtle neck syndrome, herniation disk (herniation of intervertebral disk), spinal canal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, spondylolsis

  • Neuroplasty

    An ultra-small catheter is inserted around spine tailbone after local anesthesia to detach nerves that cause pain and remove inflammation.
    Application

    herniation disk (herniation of intervertebral disk), spondylolisthesis, spinal canal stenosis, spondylolsis

  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

    A thin tube with a balloon is inserted after local anesthesia to enlarge neural pathway through repeated enlargement and relaxation, thereby alleviating synechia around the nerve roots.
    Application

    herniation disk (herniation of intervertebral disk), spondylolisthesis, spinal canal stenosis, spondylolsis

Meet medical experts

Sungyong Ahn, M.D

Neurosurgery

Specialty interests

Microscopic Discectomy, Radiofrequency Nucleoplasty, Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Spinal Fusion (Cervical / Lumbar), Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement, Pain Injection Therapy

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