Wellton Hospital in Sakhalin

Wellton hospital will go to Sakhalin to meet old & new patients in Russia from June 20~22, 2014.

On June 20, we will give a short presentation at Mega Palace Hotel with six other hospitals from Gang-seo gu area.

Old patients from Wellton Hospital will join us for follow-up check-up session on Saturday, June 21 2014 in Sakhalin, Russia.  They all had treatment done for all different parts of your body namely, hip, shoulder, knee, foot and ankle, etc.

Some of the patients will also bring their friends or family, who have knee or hip pain.

We want to see how well all of you are doing after surgery.

See you all there in Sakhalin!!

International Training Center for Arthroplasty

Wellton Hospital offers world-class hip & knee replacement recognized by Johnson & Johnson and Stryker, the worldly renowned medical device manufacturers for artificial joints.

Many orthopedic surgeons from all over the world choose Wellton Hospital for advanced training in joint replacement.

Wellton Hospital at Medical Korea 2014

Medical Korea 2014 Conference, May 28-30

Medical Korea 2014 Conference was held from May 28-30, 2014 at KINTEX, Ilsan, Korea.

Medical Korea 2014 Conference, KHIDI / KIMA exhibition booth

Short-External-Rotator Sparing Technique / Wellton Hospital

International Arthroplasty Training Center / Wellton Hospital

           Wellton Hospital exhibited at Medical Korea 2014.
           Wellton Hospital is an orthopedic hospital, well-known for its clinical excellence in hip & knee replacement.

Visitors / Wellton Hospital

Visitors / Wellton Hospital

Visitors / Wellton Hospital

Medical Korea 2014 Conference was held at KINTEX, Ilsan, Korea from May 28-30, 2014. About 470 companies and institutions in Bio & Healthcare industry exhibited in this event, and over 20,000 visitors came by.   Wellton Hospital also participated in the exhibition as one of the leading medical service providers in Korea.   Wellton Hospital have four orthopedic specialty centers that specialize in various areas of orthopedic injuries & treatments; joint replacement, arthroscopic surgery, shoulder pain and sports injuries.
Wellton Hospital also ranked as National Top 3 in most hip replacement done in 2013, and has performed over 10,000 cases of joint replacement surgery.

Wellton Live Surgery Workshop 2014

Wellton Live Surgery Workshop 2014

Wellton Hospital is organizing annual live surgery workshop on minimally invasive Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) on June 12, 2014.

At the workshop, Dr. Sang-ho Song will give a live demonstration of his innovative minimally invasive surgical approach on Total Hip Arthroplasty.   

Over 1,000 cases of his clinical experience with Short External Rotator (SER) preserving Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) technique has shown outstanding improvements in early hip stability and postoperative hip dislocation. 

Dr. Sang-ho Song would like to share his experience with his fellow surgeons. 

Please join us for our very 1st Wellton Live Surgery Workshop 2014.

Dr. Sang-ho Song (Wellton Hospital, Korea)

For more information, please email at global@wellton.co.kr

Inpatient process flow at Wellton Hospital

  Patient Inquiry - patient sends an inquiry with details

  Medical Data Collection - With initial inquiry, medical data such as X-ray or MRI required for more accurate diagnosis

  Treatment Plan & Cost Estimation - Upon receipt of all necessary information, appropriate treatment option, hospitalization period and cost estimation are determined

  Reply - Official consultation letter will be sent

  Decision Making - Patient makes a decision

  Set-up admission date - Flight is booked, and patient notifies the schedule to Wellton Hospital

  Arrival - Upon request, pick-up will be arranged

  Admission - Wellton staff will greet you and walk you through the entire admission process

  Pre-OP exam / Consultation - Run necessary lab test and get X-ray done / Doctor's consultation

  Surgery - same-day or next-day surgery

  Hospital Stay / Rehabilitation - normally 14 days, depending on a surgery / Rehabilitation and PT will start from Day 3

  Discharge - Necessary documents, prescribed drugs and patient education

  Follow-up - check after 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. / at 6 month, follow-up x-ray will be asked.

Have you seen our Wellton Hospital infographic?

Sharing a Wellton Hospital infographic in 2014.

Wellton Hospital made the National Top3 for Hip Replacement Surgery

Copyright (c) Wellton Hospital, 2013

We proudly announce that WELLTON HOSPITAL has officially made the National Top 3 hospitals for the most Hip Replacement Surgery done in 2013.  

<News excerpt from Dong-A Daily>

Local Hospitals doing more surgery than the Big 5.

Recently there has been a tendency in patients choosing local hospitals for a number of surgeries over major medical centers in Seoul.

Top 10 for the Total Hip Replacement done in 2013

№	Location	Name of Institution	# of cases (THR)	# of patients (THR)
1	Chonnam Prov.	Hawsoon Chonnam Univ. Medical Center	493	430
2	Seoul	Samsung Medical Center	471	420
3	Seoul	WELLTON HOSPITAL	319	259
4	Kyung-gi Prov.	Bundang Seoul National Univ. Medical Center	233	203
5	Seoul	Asan Medical Center	216	207
6	Seoul	Kyunghee Univ. Medical Center	216	190
7	Chonnam Prov.	Yeosu Aeyang Hospital	198	175
8	Seoul	Seoul National Univ. Medical Center	185	168
9	Seoul	Gang-dong Kyunghee Univ. Medical Center	173	146
10	Seoul	Catholic Univ. Seoul St. Mary's Medical Center	172	153

According to the Performance Reporting in 2013 by HIRA (Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service), there were two local hospitals ranked as top 10 for the total hip replacement in 2013.  This is a remarkable result because both hospitals ranked even higher than two of the Big 5 Medical Centers, Seoul National University Medical Center and Seoul St. Mary’s Medical Center.

Congresswoman Nam-Yoon, a member of Health and Welfare Committee of National Assembly said, she has seen a possibility to resolve the Bandwagon effect in major medical centers in Seoul, and government should put continuous effort to balance and distribute patients more fairly among medical service providers.

There are three advantages of local hospitals, cost, technology and distance.

Many experts say, these local hospitals have absolute advantages over the big named medical centers.  Local hospitals can cost you 30~60% less than medical centers, and are equally or more advanced in technology; moreover they are located in the neighborhood, so that people do not need to travel far to get treatments.

For this, government plan aims to resolve herd behaviors in medical centers and help local hospitals to be more competent.  By doing so, government expect to reduce the overall cost of medical service but keep the quality high.