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Endoscopic Spine Surgery in Itaewon & Hannam

3 clinics in Itaewon & Hannam, Seoul offering Endoscopic Spine Surgery. Indicative price 5,000,000 - 12,000,000 KRW, minimum stay 10-14 days.

Orthopedics & Spine clinic in Itaewon & Hannam
Endoscopic Spine Surgery in Itaewon & Hannam. Endoscopic spine surgery removes a herniated disc fragment through an incision under one centimetre using a working-channel endoscope, usually under local anesthesia with the patient awake.

Itaewon and Hannam-dong have the largest resident foreign population in Seoul, and the clinics here are built around English-language primary care, vaccination and prescription continuity rather than medical travel.

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About this procedure

Because muscle is dilated rather than cut, blood loss is minimal and most patients walk the same day and are discharged within one to two nights. The trade-off is that it treats focal disc herniation and lateral recess stenosis well but is not a substitute for fusion in instability or severe multi-level disease.

Full Endoscopic Spine Surgery guide: cost, recovery and stay

Further reading

Recovery Time and When You Can Fly

The length of your trip is set by the mandatory follow-up interval, not by how quickly you feel well, and flying too early raises the risk of swelling, bleeding and thrombosis.

Medical Costs and Payment in Korea

Foreign patients without Korean national health insurance pay the full private rate, which is still typically 30 to 70 percent below US pricing for the same procedure, and card payment is accepted almost everywhere.

Source: Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, medical institution information https://www.hira.or.kr/eng/main.do