Woman Sense Special Feature - A Renowned Doctor Recommends a Renowned Doctor

Interview with Dr. Song Hae-ryong of Korea University Guro Hospital, a Renowned Doctor in "Height Increasing Surgery"

Starting the day early seems to be a routine, as the interview with Professor Song also took place at an early hour. With nearly 200 surgeries a year, as well as directly leading a research team developing artificial bone used for bone defect treatment, using time as efficiently as possible is a natural and ingrained habit for Professor Song.

"I work out for an hour at the fitness center four days a week. I haven't been able to go hiking for a while due to time constraints. It's not easy to live a perfectly healthy life, but I try to stick to the rules I set as much as possible."

Good habits are a great asset in anyone's life. Most of the renowned doctors I've met in this column also didn't rush towards a big goal, but rather naturally achieved recognition in their fields by consistently focusing on one area as a habit. Professor Song's numerous research and clinical experiences in rare and intractable musculoskeletal diseases such as dwarfism and limb deformities are possible because he has consistently focused on one goal for a long time.

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Short stature has a wide variety of causes and may be discovered late depending on the disease progression, so early diagnosis through consultation with a specialist is important.

Because height that has stopped growing will no longer grow, patients with short stature inevitably pin their hopes on 'height increasing surgery'. Professor Song is considered the leading authority in Korea in 'Ilizarov surgery', which is known as 'height increasing surgery'. Ilizarov surgery is a procedure to increase height by artificially creating new tissues such as bone, skin nerves, and muscles by fixing an Ilizarov device to the leg. A thin pin is inserted into the bone and connected to a ring. The ring and ring are connected by a steel rod, and there is a nut in the middle of the steel rod to adjust the length. By adjusting this nut to increase the distance between the rings by 1 mm per day, cells fill the loosened tissue, creating new bone, skin, nerves, and muscles, resulting in increased height.

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[Woman Sense] Special Feature - A Renowned Doctor Recommends a Renowned Doctor, Interview and Article on "Height Increasing Surgery". 2014.01.02