Academic Activities

2024 Surgeon Symposium, Invited lecture (2024)

• Post-op management for bilateral cases
• Strategies for avoiding complication in lengthening procedures
• My experience with 1000 PRECICE lengthening procedures

MedFort 2023 IZMIR CONGRESS, Invited lecture (2023)

• Cosmetic Limb Lengthening-Tips and Pearls

International Forum for Limb Deformity Correction and Rehablitation Technique Aids, Invited lecture (2019)

• Considerations for limb lengthening using PRECICE nail
• The importance of corrective osteotomy in treating recurrent patella dislocation
• Minimal invasive surgery for corrective osteotomy of lower extremity

International 3D (Defect, Discrepancy, Deformity) Surgery Course, Invited lecture (2019)

• Plating for deformity correction at the proximal tibia
• Minimal Invasive High Tibial Osteotomy
• Osteotomies for Recurrent patella dislocation
• The South Korean experience of PRECICE/STRYDE nail
• Demonstrated Cadaver Lab of Minimal Invasive HTO

ASAMI Japan, Invited lecture (2019)

• Osteotomies for Recurrent patella dislocation

AAOS (American Association of Orthopedic Surgeon), Invited Lecture (2018)

• ‘What I’ve learned from Experiences in Lengthening and Deformity Correction Surgery’
• ‘Studies about the Patella Location Change during the Distraction Osteogenesis of the Femur’

Kuntscher society (Munich), Invited Lecture (2017)

• ‘Indications of Osteotomy’
• ‘Studies about the Patella Location Change during the Distraction Osteogenesis of the Femur’
• ‘Leg Alignment Change in Tibial Lengthening using Intramedullary Nail (PRECICE, ISKD) – How to prevent valgus change’

World Ortho Recon ILLRS and ASAMI Congress, Symposium Lecture (2017)

• ‘Application of Osteoconductive or Osteoinductive Materials in Limb Lengthening’

3D (Defect, Discrepancy, Deformity) Course, Invited Lecture and Demonstration of Surgery (2017)

• ‘Distal Femoral Correctional Osteotomy with Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis’
• ‘Fixator Assisted Techniques for Acute Correction of the Proximal Tibial Deformities’
• ‘Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis in HTO’
• ‘Supracondylar Osteotomy with Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis’

ASAMI Japan, Invited lecture (2016)

• ‘Minimal Incision, Minimally Invasive Deformity Correction Surgery’

World Ortho Recon ILLRS and ASAMI Congress, Australia, Debate session (2016)

• ‘Why Do I Do Cosmetic Leg Lengthening?’

World Ortho Recon ILLRS and ASAMI Congress), Miami, Invited Lecture (2015)

• ‘Application of Osteoconductive or Osteoinductive Materials in Limb Lengthening’

3D (Defect, Discrepancy, Deformity) Course, Invited Lecture (2015)

• ‘A New Classification of Device-Related Complications of Lengthening Nails’
• ‘Minimally Invasive Approach in Corrective Osteotomy of the Lower Limb’
• ‘Is Cosmetic Leg Deformity Correction Ethical?’

Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich), Invited Lecture (2014)

• ‘Is Cosmetic Leg Deformity Correction Ethical?’

AAOS (American Association of Orthopedic Surgeon), Specialty Day (2014),

• ‘Botox Effects in Tibial Lengthening’

ORS (American Orthpaedic Research Society), Invited Poster (2014)

• ‘Botox Effects in Tibial Lengthening’

ASAMI China, 10th anniversary, Beijing, Invited Lecture (2013)

• ‘How to Enhance Bone Regeneration in Distraction Osteogenesis’
• ‘Deformity Correction by Fast Correction and Internal Fixation’

ASAMI Turkey, Istanbul, Invited Lecture (2013)

• ‘LON vs LATN in Limb Lengthening’
• ‘How to Enhance Bone Regeneration in Distraction Osteogenesis’
• ‘Deformity Correction by Fast Correction and Internal Fixation’

Prof. Hui Taek Kim(Pusan National University Hospital)’s Retirement Symposium, Lecture (2024)

• Three revolutions in the field of limb lengthening surgery

Instructional Symposium for Orthopedic Surgeons, Lecture (2024)

• Correction with External Fixation

ASAMI KOREA (2023)

• Proximal migration of distal fibula in tibial lengthening
• Ankle pain after tibial lengthening

Current Updates in Musculoskeletal Oncology Case Presentations, Invited lecture (2023)

• Limb lengthening using lengthening nail in the field of bone tumor

SNU(Seoul National University) Orthopaedic Update, Invited lecture (2023)

• Intramedullary lengthening nail : tips and pitfalls

The Korean Assocoation of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual congress, Invited lecture (2023)

• Update on Limb Lengthening (feat. Stature Lengthening)

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association) Annual congress (2022)

• Limb Lengthening using Intramedullary lengthening nail

ASAMI KOREA Traing Course & Hand-on-Workshop (2021)

• Lengthening with lengthening nail system
• Lengthening with Intramedullary nail (PRECICE)

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association) Annual congress (2021)

• Limb Lengthening using Intramedullary lengthening nail

ASAMI KOREA Training Course (2019)

• Post_trauma segmental bone defect of the tibia
• Considerations for limb lengthening using PRECIC/STRYDE nail
• Familiar recurrent patella dislocation

KPOS (The Korean Orthopaedic Society) Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium (2019)

• Post_trauma Deformity in Children

Pediatrics Department of Severance Hospital Grand round, Invited lecture (2018)

• Useful Pediatric Orthopedic Knowledge

ASAMI KOREA (2018)

• Lengthening with Intramedullary nail (PRECICE)

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association), Korean ASAMI Symposium (2017)

• ‘Game Changers in the Field of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction’

KPOS (Korean Pediatric Orthopaedic Society), ICL (2017)

• ‘Torsional – Angular Development of Lower Extremities’

Korean Society of Stem cell and Regenerative Medicine for Locomotor System (2016)

• Application of mononuclear cells of bone marrow in the field of orthopedic surgery’

ASAMI Korea, ICL (2016)

• ‘Limb Lengthening using Intramedullary Lengthening Nails’
• ‘Deformity Correction using Computer-Assisted Correction System (Ortho SUV)’

Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Invited Lecture (2016)

• ‘Basics and Rules of Deformity Correction’

Korean Orthopedic Association, Training Course (2015)

• ‘Pediatric/Adolescent Bone Age Measurement and how to Predict Height’

Hallym University Hospital, Training Course (2015)

• ‘Diagnosis and Treatment of Leg Length Discrepancy’

Chonnam University Hospital, Pediatric and Adolescent Fracture Symposium (2015)

• ‘Deformity Treatment after Fracture in Pediatric and Adolescent’

Hemophilia Symposium (2015)

• ‘Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemophilic Arthritis’

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association), Training Course (2014)

• ‘Limb Lengthening using Intramedullary Lengthening Nail (PRECICE)’

Seoul University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Invited Lecture (2014)

• ‘Ways to Gain Good Leg Alignment in Leg Lengthening’

ASAN Medical Center, Department of Orthopedics, Invited Lecture (2013)

• ‘Deformity Correction by Fast Correction and Internal Fixation’

Seoul Samsung Hospital Symposium, Invited Lecture (2013)

• ‘HTO with Minimal Incision and Minimally Invasive Technique’

ASAMI Korea, 20th Anniversary Symposium (2012)

• ‘The history of Limb Lengthening using Intramedullary Lengthening Nail’
• ‘Limb Lengthening using LATN(Lengthening And Then Nailing) Technique’

ASAMI Korea Annual Academy (2012)

• ‘Limb Lengthening using Intramedullary Nail’

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association), Hexapod Workshop (2011)

• ‘Deformity Correction using Computer Assisted-Hexapod System’

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association), Paper Presentation (2017)

• ’Studies about the Patella Location Change during the Distraction Osteogenesis of the Femur’

World Ortho Recon ILLRS and ASAMI Congress, Australia (2017)

• ‘Simultaneous Osteotomy in Femur and Tibia around the Knee Joint’
• ‘Study about Patella Location Change during Femur Lengthening’
• ‘Cosmetic Leg Lengthening Considerations’

KPOS (Korean Pediatric Orthopaedic Society), Case Report (2017)

• ‘Recurrent Patella Dislocation-Osteotomy’

Korea ASAMI (2017)

• ‘Combined Deformity and Shortening in Distal Femur’
• ‘Acute Correction and Subsequent Lengthening of the Tibia’
• ‘A Case of Symptomatic Joint Obliquity’
• ‘Nonunion Treatment after Tibia Lengthening’

Korea ASAMI (2016)

• ‘Comparative Analysis of LON and LATN in Tibia Lengthening’
• ‘Complex Deformity and Shortening Around the Knee’
• ‘Combined Shortening and Deformity of the Distal Tibio-fibula’
• ‘Combined Deformity and Shortening of Distal Femur-Painful Memory’

World Ortho Recon ILLRS and ASAMI Congress, Australia (2016)

• Is there an Increase in Valgus Deviation in Tibial Distraction using the Lengthening Nail Technique?’
• ‘A Comparison of Different Intramedullary Lengthening Nails by a New Classification of Device Related Complications’
• ‘Comparison of Two Hybrid Technique in Tibial Lengthening: Lengthening and Then Nailing versus Lengthening Over Nail’

LLRS, Charleston (2016)

• ‘Is There an Increase in Valgus Deviation in Tibial Distraction using the Lengthening Nail Technique?’
• ‘Comparison of Device–Related Complications between Lengthening Nails’

Korea ASAMI, Presentations (2015)

• ‘Post-traumatic Shortening and Deformity Managed using Lengthening and Then Nailing Technique’
• ‘Assessment for Activities of Daily Living and Sports for Patients undergoing Cosmetic Leg Lengthening’
• ‘Assessment for Sense of Well-being, Self-Esteem, and Satisfaction for Patients undergoing Cosmetic Leg Lengthening’
• Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis using Customized Patient Instrumentation in Open Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy’

World Ortho Recon ILLRS and ASAMI Congress, Miami (2015)

• ‘Patella Location Change according to Osteotomy Site in HTO – Studies using CT’
• ‘Fixator-Assisted Intramedullary Nailing to Correct Tibia Valgus Change’
• ‘Fixator-Assisted Technique Enables Less-Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis after Correction of Distal Femoral Deformities’
• ‘Botox Effects in Femur Lengthening – Double Blind Study’
• ‘Is the Result of PRECICE Better than ISKD? – A Cohort Study’
• ‘Studies about Daily Activity and Sports Ability Recovery after Cosmetic Leg Lengthening’
• ‘Studies about Self-esteem after Cosmetic Leg Lengthening’
• ‘HTO(High Tibial Osteotomy) using Patient Customized Surgical Guide’

Europe Kuntscher society, Brussels (2015)

• ‘Fixator-Assisted Intramedullary Nailing with Dome Osteotomy Enables Full Weight Bearing in Corrective Osteotomy for Proximal Tibial Valgus Deformity’
• ‘Botox Effects in Femur Lengthening – Double Blind Study’
• ‘Is the PRECICE® Nail Better than the Intramedullary Skeletal Kinetic Distractor (ISKD®)? – A Cohort Study’

KPOS (Korean Pediatric Orthopedic Society), Case Forum (2015)

• ‘A New Protractor for Intraoperative Alignment Guidance in Double Level Osteotomy around the Knee’

Korea ASAMI, Presentations (2014)

• ‘Reamed Intramedullary Nailing Has Adverse Effect in Bone Regeneration during Distraction Phase in Distraction Osteogenesis of Tibia –A Cohort Study’
• ‘Accuracy and Safety in Bilateral Lengthening of Lower Extremity using a Magnet-Activated Intramedullary Lengthening Device : A Preliminary Report’
• ‘Quantitative Analysis of Valgus Deformity during Lengthening over Nail of Tibia : A Case Control Study’
• ‘Fixator Assisted Technique enables Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis in Open Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy’
• ‘Proximal Tibia Vara and Procurvatum Deformity Managed by Ortho-SUV frame’

International ASAMI, India (2014)

• ‘Quantitative Analysis of Valgus Deformity during Lengthening over Nail of Tibia : A Case Control Study’
• ‘Reamed Intramedullary Nailing Has Adverse Effect in Bone Regeneration during Distraction Phase in Distraction Osteogenesis of Tibia – A Cohort Study’

Europe Kuntscher Society (2014)

• ‘Quantitative Analysis of Valgus Deformity during Lengthening over Nail of Tibia : A Case Control Study’
• ‘Reamed Intramedullary Nailing Has Adverse Effect in Bone Regeneration during Distraction Phase in Distraction Osteogenesis of Tibia – A Cohort Study’
• ‘Accuracy and Safety in Bilateral Lengthening of Lower Extremity using a Magnet-Activated Intramedullary Lengthening Device : A Preliminary Report’

LLRS, Montreal (2014)

• ‘Fixator Assisted Technique Enables Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis in Open Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy’
• ‘Quantitative Analysis of Valgus Deformity during Lengthening over Nail of Tibia : A Case Control Study’
• ‘Reamed Intramedullary Nailing has Adverse Effects in Bone Regeneration during Distraction Phase in Distraction Osteogenesis of Tibia – A Cohort Study’
• ‘Accuracy and Safety in Bilateral Lengthening of Lower Extremity using a Magnet-Activated Intramedullary Lengthening Device : A Preliminary Report’

Korea ASAMI (2013)

• ‘Post-traumatic Shortening of Femur Combined with Nonunion and Varus Deformity Treated by PRECICE Nail’
• ‘Leg Length Discrepancy Combined with Valgus-flexion Deformity of the Femur’
• ‘Torsional Deformity Treated by Ortho-SUV Frame’

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association) (2013)

• ‘Lengthening And Then Nailing using Conventional Intramedullary Nail’

LLRS (2013)

• ‘The Effect of Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (BMAC) and Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) during Tibia Distraction Osteogenesis – A Prospective Randomized Comparison’
• ‘The Functional Effect of Botulinum Toxin A (Btx-A) on Calf Muscle in Lower Limb Lengthening – A Double Blind Prospective Randomized Study’
• ‘Complications of Intramedullary Skeletal Kinetic Distractor (ISKD) in Distraction Osteogenesis’

Europe Kuntscher Society (2013)

• ‘Complications of Intramedullary Skeletal Kinetic Distractor (ISKD) in Distraction Osteogenesis’

KOA (Korean Orthopedic Association) (2012)

• ‘Complications of Intramedullary Skeletal Kinetic Distractor (ISKD) in Distraction Osteogenesis’

International ASAMI, Greece (2012)

• ‘Clinical Implications of Sagittal Translation in Lengthening over Nail of Tibia’

Korea ASAMI (2011)

• Management of Posterior Tibial Nerve Impingement after Acute Correction of Equinus Deformity after Tibial Lengthening