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  • World’s first comparative study on surgical methods for interstitial cystitis

    World’s first comparative study on surgical methods for interstiti...

    Professor Kyu-Sung Lee of Department of Urology published his research study ;Comparison of the Efficacy Between Transurethral Coagulation and Transurethral Resection of Hunner Lesion in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Patients: A Pros...

    11 2020-03-03
  • Publication of <Outcomes Book> of Comprehensive Cancer Center, SMC

    Publication of <Outcomes Book> of Comprehensive Cancer Center...

    Comprehensive Cancer Center at SMC is Korea;s first and largest cancer medical center. It presents the new standard of cancer treatment by publishing ;Outcomes Book; containing 12 years of successful experiences and efforts as an e-Book for the fi...

    16 2020-02-24
  • The more fear of cancer recurrence, the greater mortality

    The more fear of cancer recurrence, the greater mortality

    The Samsung Medical Center research team studied on 467 malignant lymphoma patients regarding the relationship between the fear of cancer recurrence and actual mortality between Feb. 2012 and Mar. 2017. ;This very first study on the correlation be...

    26 2020-02-18
  • Customized treatment era for gynecological cancer

    Customized treatment era for gynecological cancer

    The joint research team of Professor JeongWon Lee of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Samsung Medical Center, Professor DoHyun Nam of Department of Neurosurgery in Samsung Medical Centerin and Professor JinGu Lee in Ajou University Colle...

    35 2020-02-11
  • Korea’s first success of artificial heart transplant without performing sternotomy

    Korea’s first success of artificial heart transplant without perfo...

    Artificial heart that refers to left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is only hope for those whose heart transplant is hard to wait or impossible.;Unlike previous cases, for this case, the heart failure team of Samsung Medical Center performed sur...

    59 2020-02-03
  • Volunteering activity in Uzbekistan Performing surgery on patient with jaw deformity

    Volunteering activity in Uzbekistan Performing surgery on patient w...

    ​​​​​​​Professor Junyoung Paeng and Professor Jaemyung Ahn of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SMC, performed orthognathic surgery on patients with jaw deformity in Tashkent State Dental Institute, Uzbekistan, from December 9th...

    52 2020-01-30
  • Team of Professor Wooksung Kim of Division of Cardiovascular surgery, performing 100 cases of myotomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Team of Professor Wooksung Kim of Division of Cardiovascular surger...

    The team of Professor Wooksung Kim of Division of Cardiovascular surgery in Samsung Medical Center has recently performed 100 cases of myotomy, which resects hypertrophied cardiac muscles, and the success rate is 99%.Myotomy is a surgery that wide...

    51 2020-01-20
  • 300 laparoscopic liver resection cases for donors by liver transplant team at SMC

    300 laparoscopic liver resection cases for donors by liver transpla...

    After achieving 200 laparoscopic liver surgeries on donors and 2000 liver transplant cases in 2018, almost all in vivo liver transplant surgeries have been performed laparoscopically so that the number of those surgery cases is now greater than 30...

    76 2020-01-07
  • Introduction of latest HIFU equipment for prostate cancer procedure

    Introduction of latest HIFU equipment for prostate cancer procedure

    The equipment introduced preserves the rectal wall by recognizing it automatically through ultrasound, and the treatment time is shortest. Through the images fused with MRI and real-time monitoring, it is optimized for the local treatment.Recently...

    75 2019-12-31
  • Performing 300 cases of radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmia

    Performing 300 cases of radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventric...

    ;;Since the opening of Ventricular Arrhythmia Clinic in 2015, Samsung Medical Center has performed 300 cases of radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmia for 4 years.;Regarded as one of the major causes of sudden death, ventricula...

    81 2019-12-23
  • Gastric cancer patient with total gastrectomy, having greater risk of dementia occurrence

    Gastric cancer patient with total gastrectomy, having greater risk ...

    ;;The research team of Professor Dongwook Shin of Department of Family medicine in Samsung Medical Center and Professor Yunjin Choi of Seoul National University College of Medicine compared patients who received gastric surgery with the control gr...

    83 2019-12-18
  • New treatment method of metastatic breast cancer in young premenopausal patients

    New treatment method of metastatic breast cancer in young premenopa...

    ;;Dr. Yeon Hee Park (Chair, Breast Cancer Center/ Professor, Division of Hematology-oncology) recently presented a new treatment method, which can lengthen the survival period of premenopausal patients with metastatic breast cancer and hormone rec...

    88 2019-12-11
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Patients must accurately inform the medical team of their health condition, trust and respect the medical team’s treatment plan. Patients may be responsible for consequences which results from not following the instruction.

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Patients must reveal their identity before receiving any medical care and must not use false or dishonest method, such as receiving medical case under disguised ownership.

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