It is one of the largest privately owned spine specialized hospitals in Korea. Following its inception in the city of Busan in 1982, Wooridul Spine Hospital(WSH) has taken great strides and established others spine care hospitals in the cities of Seoul, Gimpo Airport and Daegu. Jeju island WSH will be opened by year 2008.

The motto has been to provide total spine care, utilizing modern state of art diagnostics and operating facilities. The hospitals have a comprehensive spine care program that includes all investigational facilities as well as pain management and physiotherapy.

The last two decades have seen great developments in the philosophy of minimal invasive spine surgery. Reduced disability and discomfort are making them more popular with the local population. It establishes their techniques and simultaneously trains the local spine surgeons to propagate them further.

W.S.H is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the world leading authorities in spine care and treatment. With over 17,000 cases being performed annually among 3 centers (Seoul, Busan, and Gimpo Airport) W.S.H is the largest spine health care group in Asia. W.S.H has over 108 Spine Specialists, over 600 beds, 48 operation rooms among 4 centers (Seoul, Busan, Gimpo Airport, and Daegu). Throughout Asia, WSH has become recognized as a center of excellence in research for minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery techniques with over 100 clinical papers published up to date.

W.S.H offers the complete range of Spine Care Solutions including:

Surgical Techniques include:



Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Microendosopic Discectomy
Laser-Assisted Spine Surgery
Image-Guided Spine Surgery
CT-Guided Spine Surgery
Artificial Disc Replacement
Anterior/Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Fixation
Laparoscopic Surgery
Throracoscopic Surgery
Soft Stabilization with Ligamentoplasty
Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty
Deformity Correction,

Non Surgical Offerings include:
Radiology (CT, MRI and dynamic radiograph), Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Internal Medicine, Conservative care, Physiotherapy and well being treatments.

Wooridul International Patients Center (WIPC)



In January of 2006, Wooridul International Patients Center (WIPC) began to provide medical service especially for foreign patients. The WIPC has a program dedicated to provide a number of special services to assist international patients and to ensure that they receive the highest quality medical care throughout their stay at Wooridul.

Our Services are include:
- On line and Off-line Consultant
- Call Center Assist : Reservation and Support
- Immigration Coordination
- Travel Planning and Visitor Information
- Interpreter and Secretarial Service
- Airport Meeting & Transfer Service
- Supporting Travel Information
- Family Assistance