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• 

Dr. Jun Ho Lee

• DepartmentNeurosurgery
• SpecialtySpine Treatment, Thoracic Spine Treatment, Scoliosis Treatment

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Appointment

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
09:30-12:00			●		●
14:00-17:00	●		●		●

• Academic Background
  • Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School
  • M.S., Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School
  • B.S., Seoul National University College of Medicine
• Major Careers
  • Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University Medical Center
  • Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University Medical Center
  • Director, International Patient Center, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
  • Medical Director, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
  • Chair of the Medical Service Fees Committee, Cheongdam Wooridul Spine Hospital
  • Clinical Instructor, Seoul National University Hospital
  • Cheong Wa Dae (Blue House) Infirmary, Armed Forces Seoul Center District Hospital
• Awards
• Professional Memberships
• Publication
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jun 1;50(11):743-750.
    Diagnosis, classifications, and treatment of Os odontoideum
    (Alves OL, Lee JH, Kitumba D, et al)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jun 1;50(11):E208-E212.
    Pediatric chiari malformation management
    (Ricardo G, Lee JH, Jutty P et al)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jun 1;50(11):779-785.
    Syndromic atlanto-axial instability WFNS consensus on screening and surveillance, sports clearance, and treatment option
    (Joachim O, Gustavo U, Karen R, Lee JH et al)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jun 1;50(11):760-766.
    Indications for Surgery and Surgical Options in Chiari Malformation
    (Visocchi M, Signorelli F, Alves ÓL, Goel A, Parthiban J, Baeesa S, Sharif S, Sampaio F, Ali SB, Lee JH et al)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jun 1;50(11):E200-E207.
    Basilar Invagination Diagnosis, Classification, and Radiology
    (Onur Y, Mehmet Z, İdris A, Zan C, Lee JH et al)
  • Br J Neurosurg. 2024 Feb;38(1):23-28.
    The discrepant clinical outcome predictions according to the differentiated centre of rotation shift after multilevel cervical total disc replacement
    (Lee JH, Lee JH)
  • Neurospine. 2023 Sep;20(3):1047-1060.
    Clinical effectiveness of artificial disc replacement in comparison with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the patients with cervical myelopathy: Systematic review and meta-analysis
    (Lee JH, Lee YJ, Chang MC, Lee JH)
  • Pain Physician. 2023 Sep;26(5):E437-E447.
    Clinical effectiveness of posterior annular targeted ablative decompression as an alleviative intervention for lumbosacral discogenic pain: Systematic review and meta-analysis
    (Lee JH, Lee YJ, Park HS, Lee JH)
  • J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2023 Sep;66(5):591-597.
    Cervical myelopathy induced by posterior vertebral body osteolysis after cervical disc arthroplasty
    (Choi MK, Lee JH)
  • J Pain Res. 2023 May 4:16:1477-1485.
    Transforaminal epidural steroid injection for patients with lumbosacral disc herniation in the absence of spine magnetic resonance imaging - Is better really the enemy of the best?
    (Lee JH, Lee JH, Chang MC)
  • Pain Physician. 2022 Dec;25(9):E1351-E1366.
    Comparison of clinical efficacy of transforaminal and interlaminar epidural steroid injection in radicular pain due to cervical diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    (Lee JH, Lee Y, Park HS, Lee JH)
  • J Orthop Surg Res. 2022 Mar 28;17(1):187.
    Comparative study of the efficacy and safety of minimally invasive interlaminar full-endoscopic discectomy versus conventional microscopic discectomy in single-level lumbar herniated intervertebral disc (ENDO-F Trial): a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial protocol
    (Kim JS, Lee JH, Bae J et al)
  • Pain Physician. 2021 Sep;24(6):E839-E847.
    Does paramedian approach preferentially secure optimal drug delivery onto ventral epidural space and subsequent superior clinical efficacy over a dorsal midline approach during cervical interlaminar epidural injection?
    (Lee JH, Lee DC, Lee JH)
  • J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2021 Sep;64(5):837-842.
    A concomitant occurrence of the atlantoaxial subluxation with rare vertebral formation and segmentation defects
    (Choi MK, Kim SB, Lee JH)
  • Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 12;18(8):4037.
    The discrepant clinical outcome predictions according to the differentiated centre of rotation shift after multilevel cervical total disc replacement
    (Lee ET, Lee SA, Soh Y, Yoo MC, Lee JH, Chon J)
  • Asian Spine J. 2020 Aug;14(4):445-452.
    The feasibility of optimal surgical result prediction according to the center of rotation shift after multilevel cervical total disc replacement
    (Lee JH, Lee JH)
  • Global Spine J. 2020 Apr;10(2 Suppl):111S-121S.
    AOSpine consensus paper on nomenclature for working-channel endoscopic spinal procedures
    (CP Hofstetter, Ahn Y, Choi G, J N A Gibson, S Ruetten, Y Zhou, ZZ Li, CJ Siepe, R Wagner, Lee JH et al)
  • Eur Spine J. 2020 Jan;29(1):153-160.
    Worldwide research productivity in the field of full-endoscopic spine surgery: a bibliometric study
    (GX Lin, V Kotheeranurak, A Mahatthanatrakul, S Ruetten, A Yeung, Lee SH, Ahn Y, Kim HS, C Hofstetter, Lee JH et al)
  • World Neurosurg. 2019 Dec:132:e623-e629.
    Could the splitting of the annulus during percutaneous endoscopic lumbar diskectomy (PELD) be a culprit for recurrent disk herniation?: An analysis of the reherniation pattern after PELD
    (Lee JH, Choi KC, Lee JH)
  • Neurospine. 2019 Sep;16(3):558-562.
    Epidemiology of C5 palsy after cervical spine surgery: A 21-center study
    (Oh JK, Hong JT, Kang DH, Kim SW, Kim SW, Kim YJ, Chung CK, Shin JJ, Yi S, Lee JK, Lee JH et al)
  • World Neurosurg. 2019 Jun:126:e1050-e1054.
    Epidemiology of iatrogenic vertebral artery injury in cervical spine surgery: 21 multicenter studies
    (Lee CH, Hong JT, Kang DH, Kim KJ, Kim SW, Kim SW, Kim YJ, Chung CK, Shin JJ, Oh JK, Yi S, Lee JK, Lee JH et al)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Mar 1;44(5):346-354.
    Increased proportion of fusion surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis and changes in reoperation rate: A nationwide cohort study with a minimum 5-year follow-up
    (Kim CH, Chung CK, Choi Y, Kim MJ, Kim MJ, Shin S, Yang SH, Hwang SH, Kim DH, Park SB, Lee JH)
  • World Neurosurg. 2018 Nov:119:e313-e322.
    Increased volume of surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis and changes in surgical methods and outcomes: A nationwide cohort study with a 5-year follow-up
    (Kim CH, Chung CK, Kim MJ, Choi Y, Kim MJ, Shin S, Jung JM, Hwang SH, Yang SH, Park SB, Lee JH)
  • J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2018 Jul;61(4):530-536.
    Rare intractable cervicalgia related to exaggerated disc height distraction : Report of two cases and literature review
    (Choi MK, Kim SB, Lee JH)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Apr 15;43(8):585-593.
    Increased volume of lumbar surgeries for herniated intervertebral disc disease and cost-effectiveness analysis: A nationwide cohort study
    (Kim CH, Chung CK, Kim MJ, Choi Y, Kim MJ, Hahn S, Shin S, Jong JM, Lee JH)
  • World Neurosurg. 2017 Apr:100:273-279.
    Comparative study of the efficacy and safety of minimally invasive interlaminar full-endoscopic discectomy versus conventional microscopic discectomy in single-level lumbar herniated intervertebral disc (ENDO-F Trial): a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial protocol
    (Kim JS, Lee JH, Bae J et al)
  • World Neurosurg. 2017 Apr:100:273-279.
    Clinical and radiologic findings after multilevel cervical total disk replacement: defining radiologic changes to predict surgical outcomes
    (Lee JH, Lee JH, Lee SH)
  • Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2017 Dec;159(12):2351-2354.
    Affordable self-regulating irrigation device for microsurgery using readily available malleable wire and a Silastic tube: a technical note
    (Chung Y, Lee SH, Ryu J, Lee JH, Choi SK)
  • Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique 2016; 1(1): 53-56.
    Transcorporeal selective decompression without fusion for midline-located cervical disc pathology
    (Lee JH)
  • Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique 2016; 1(1): 18-26.
    The benefit of hydroxyapatite-augmented pedicle screw fixation in degenerative spondylolisthesis patients with osteoporosis
    (Lee JH, Lee HY)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Aug 1;41(15):E893-E901.
    A biomechanical analysis of an artificial disc with a shock-absorbing core property by using whole-cervical spine finite element analysis
    (Lee JH, Park WM, Kim YH, Jahng TA)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Mar 15;40(6):E349-58.
    Clinical significance of achieving a flexion limitation with a tension band system in grade 1 degenerative spondylolisthesis: a minimum 5-year follow-up
    (Lee SH, Lee HY, Baek OK, Bae JS, Yoo SH, Lee JH)
  • Neurosurgery. 2015 Apr;76(4):372-80; discussion 380-1; quiz 381.
    Unsuccessful percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: a single-center experience of 10,228 cases
    (Choi KC, Lee JH, Kim JS, Sabal LA, Lee S, Kim H, Lee SH)
  • Photomed Laser Surg. 2014 Dec;32(12):663-8.
    Clinical and radiographic changes after percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy: a long-term follow-up
    (Lee JH, Lee SH)
  • J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2014 Nov;75(6):415-21.
    Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery under O-arm navigation system guidance for the treatment of thoracic disk herniations: surgical techniques and early clinical results
    (Hur JW, Kim JS, Cho DY, Shin JM, Lee JH, Lee SH)
  • Spine J. 2014 Jul 1;14(7):1199-204.
    Comparison of cervical kinematics between patients with cervical artificial disc replacement and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for cervical disc herniation
    (Lee JH, Kim JS, Lee JH, Chung ER, Shim CS, Lee SH)
  • Spine J. 2014 Jul 1;14(7):1199-204.
    The efficacy of hydroxyapatite for screw augmentation in osteoporotic patients
    (Lee JH, Kim JS, Lee JH, Chung ER, Shim CS, Lee SH)
  • Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2013;53(12):875-81.
    The efficacy of hydroxyapatite for screw augmentation in osteoporotic patients
    (Jang SH, Lee JH, Cho JY, Lee HY, Lee SH)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Apr 1;38(7):617-25.
    Radiation exposure to the surgeon during percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: a prospective study
    (Ahn Y, Kim CH, Lee JH, Lee SH, Kim JS)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Apr 1;37(7):563-72.
    Factors affecting clinical outcomes in treating patients with grade 1 degenerative spondylolisthesis using interspinous soft stabilization with a tension band system: a minimum 5-year follow-up
    (Lee SH, Lee JH, Hong SE, Shim CS, Chung SE, Yoo SH, Lee HY)
  • World Neurosurg. 2011 Feb;75(2):303-6.
    Spinal meningeal melanocytoma in the S-1 nerve root sheath with paraspinal extension mimicking schwannoma
    (Eun SS, Kim HS, Lee SH, Liu WC, Lee JH)
  • Comput Aided Surg. 2011;16(1):32-7.
    Comparison of multilevel oblique corpectomy with and without image guided navigation for multi-segmental cervical spondylotic myelopathy
    (Lee HY, Lee SH, Son HK, Na JH, Lee JH, Baek OK, Shim CS)
  • J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2010 Nov;48(5):465-8.
    Cervical radiculopathy caused by vertebral artery loop formation : a case report and review of the literature
    (Kim HS, Lee JH, Cheh G, Lee SH)
  • Eur Spine J. 2011 Jan;20(1):58-64.
    Dural tears in percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy
    (Ahn Y, Lee HY, Lee SH, Lee JH)
  • Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jul 1;35(15):E691-701.
    Spinopelvic alignment after interspinous soft stabilization with a tension band system in grade 1 degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis
    (Lee SH, Lee JH, Hong SW, Chung SE, Yoo SH, Lee HY)
  • J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Jun;10(6):595-602.
    Postoperative retroperitoneal hematoma following transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy
    (Ahn Y, Kim JU, Lee BH, Lee SH, Park JD, Hong DH, Lee JH)
  • Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009 Mar;151(3):199-206.
    Transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy for upper lumbar disc herniation: clinical outcome, prognostic factors, and technical consideration
    (Ahn Y, Lee SH, Lee JH, Kim JU, Liu WC)
  • Surg Neurol. 2009 Feb;71(2):234-7; discussion 237.
    Spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme of conus medullaris masquerading as high lumbar disk herniation
    (Choi WC, Lee JH, Lee SH)
  • J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Aug;9(2):129-36.
    Predictive factors for subsequent vertebral fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty
    (Ahn Y, Lee JH, Lee HY, Lee SH, Keem SH)
  • Photomed Laser Surg. 2008 Apr;26(2):119-27.
    Laser-assisted anterior cervical corpectomy versus posterior laminoplasty for cervical myelopathic patients with multilevel ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament
    (Lee SH, Ahn Y, Lee JH)
  • J Spinal Disord Tech. 2007 Oct;20(7):499-504.
    C1-2 transarticular screw fixation in high-riding vertebral artery: suggestion of new trajectory
    (Lee JH, Jahng TA, Chung CK)
  • Orthop Clin North Am. 2007 Jul;38(3):327-37.
    Anterior minimally invasive approaches for the cervical spine
    (Lee SH, Lee JH, Choi WC, Jung B, Mehta R)

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