Pohang Wooridul Hospital is a medical institution designated by

North Gyeongsang Province North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...

, South Korea, in 2016 and the first hospital in

Pohang Pohang () is a city in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River. The city is divided into two ...

to been certified as a medical institution by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2013. It specialises in spinal therapy and research.

Scale of facilities

Number of beds - 95 beds
Medical personnel – 91
Operation of a foreign sub-specialty fellowship training course (

neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and pe ...

orthopedics Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

)
Host of Asia-MISS (minimally invasive spine surgery
Operation of a Society for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Program (didactic course)

Specialized medical technology

Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy
Percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy

Programs and services

Cervical :Percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy :Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion Thoracic :Percutaneous endoscopic thoracic discectomy :Lumber :Percutaneous and open spine surgery

References

Hospitals in South Korea Teaching hospitals in South Korea {{SouthKorea-hospital-stub