Introduction
Health stands well with healthy bone.

Orthopedic surgery is the area that treats most bones in the body except the head, such as the arms, legs, and spine. At Gachon University Gil Medical Center, specialists from various fields, such as shoulder joint, hand, spine, hip and pelvis, knee and thigh, foot and ankle joints, pediatric orthopedic surgery, and tumors are committed to medical treatment based on excellent research results.

Area
Shoulder joint (shoulder)

It treats diseases related to shoulder and elbow, sport injuries, trauma and degenerative diseases. In particular, arthroscopic sutures for degenerative rupture of the rotator cuff and shoulder arthroplasty for extensive rotator cuff tear and arthritis show excellent outcomes.

Hand (finger) and microsurgery

It treats diseases related to hand and wrist joint, sport injuries, trauma, degenerative diseases and tumors. Doctors also have much clinical experience in skin grafts and flaps due to defects in skin and soft tissues. In particular, it shows good surgical outcomes for treatment of nerve damage such as brachial plexus injury.

Spine

It treats diseases related to cervical and lumbar spine, sport injuries, trauma and degenerative diseases. In particular, it shows excellent surgical outcomes for vertebral fractures and stenosis of the elderly.

Hip joint

It treats pelvis and hip joints related to sport injuries, trauma and degenerative diseases. It shows excellent surgical outcomes in artificial hip arthroplasty for pelvic fractures and hip joint arthritis in elderly.

Knee joint (knee)

It treats diseases related to sport injuries of thighs and knee joints, trauma and degenerative diseases. In particular, we have treated numerous cases and showed surgical outcomes, such as tibial proximal osteotomy and artificial joint replacement for knee degenerative arthritis in elderly.

Ankle joint (foot)

It treats diseases of calf and foot, sport injuries related to ankle joint, trauma and degenerative diseases. Especially, it shows excellent surgical outcomes in artificial joint replacement for arthritis patients.

Pediatrics and tumors

It treats sport injuries, trauma and developmental diseases in children and adolescents under age of 15.