Cho Seong-tan, Director of Seonam Hospital, Seoul, Wins the Grand Prize for Clinical Research Poster at the World Cervical Research Society

Feb 06, 2025

Cho Sung-tan, head of the orthopedic surgery department at the Southwest Hospital of Seoul Metropolitan Government (Hospital President Chun Sang-hae), recently won the grand prize in the clinical research poster category at the 52nd World Cervical Research Society held in Chicago, USA.

The World Cervical Research Society has a long history and is the most prestigious conference in the field of research and treatment of cervical diseases, and is held annually in North America.

Director Cho of Seonam Hospital, who won the grand prize in the clinical research poster category, is about a new radiological indicator called V-line that evaluates the appropriate degree of decompression after anterior decompression of cervical spinal cord disease' through retrospective analysis of a total of 93 patients.




In addition, in evaluating the degree of decompression after anterior cervical surgery, V-line was highly appreciated as a more useful indicator than the existing evaluation based on the Canal Occupying Ratio.

Director Cho Sung-tan said, "There was a limitation that the prognosis evaluation after cervical anterior surgery based on the existing spinal canal share was not a concept that encompasses only cervical anterior surgery that recovers after cervical anterior surgery, and the V-line identified in this study is of greater significance as it encompasses only cervical anterior surgery that recovers after surgery.".

On the other hand, this study was noted to provide a better treatment course for many patients suffering from cervical disease as a result of a joint study with Professor Dong-ho Lee of Asan Medical Center in Seoul.




Cho Seong-tan, Director of Seonam Hospital, Seoul, Wins the Grand Prize for Clinical Research Poster at the World Cervical Research Society
Director Cho Seong-tan of orthopedic surgery at Seonam Hospital (center), who is taking a commemorative photo after winning the award.





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