Yoon Sik Kang
- 36 years of experience
- Republic of Korea, Seoul, Gibbeum General Hospital
Professor Yoon Sik Kang is a global pioneer who developed the Kang Repair, a specialised mesh-free technique for hernia surgery. He has performed over 20,000 of these specific procedures at Gibbeum Hospital, Korea's only surgical specialty general hospital.
- Achieves a recurrence rate of less than 0.2% using no synthetic plastic mesh
- Uses local anaesthesia to ensure safety for elderly patients or those with health conditions
- Completed a colorectal research fellowship at St. Mark's Hospital in London
- Ranked as the top proctology specialist by major national news body Dong-A Ilbo
- Member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
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