Daehang is a colorectal surgery center in Seoul that began operating in 1990. The hospital also has departments of gynecology, urology, breast diseases, and thyroid diseases, but its primary specialization is the treatment of diseases of the stomach and intestines.
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More than 3,000 colonoscopy procedures are performed here each month, and over 13,000 intestinal surgeries are carried out annually.
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Daehang became the first clinic in the world to surpass 2,500 procedures of endoscopic submucosal resection of the intestine for the treatment of early-stage cancer.
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The Ministry of Health has recognized Daehang as a model clinic specializing in coloproctology.
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The center has received the highest rating from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
Most patients seek care at Daehang for two main reasons — diagnostics (general health examinations and gastrointestinal diagnostics) and oncology. However, the center’s physicians also treat the following conditions:
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intestinal hernias;
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hemorrhoids;
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intestinal polyps;
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acute appendicitis;
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inflammatory diseases of the stomach and intestines;
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liver diseases and cholelithiasis (gallstone disease).
Over the years of operation, the recurrence rate—the return of disease after treatment—has amounted to 0.5%.
Gastroenterology
Diagnostics
Oncology
