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Mr Wai Weng Yoon

Mr Wai Weng Yoon

Trauma & orthopaedic surgery 04739579

http://www.nottinghamspine.co.uk/the-spinal-unit/consultants/wai-weng-yoon-bsc-mbbs-frcs-trorth

 

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Fee assured
Not in Open Referral network

Specialises in

  • Paediatric
  • Spine

Offers

  • Face-to-face consultations
  • Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mr Yoon is an experienced Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon appointed at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

He graduated from University College London and The Middlesex Hospital, training in Orthopaedic Surgery on the prestigious Royal London Hospital Programme.

He completed his Orthopaedic training in 2012 then undertook (post CCT) dual complex Spine fellowship training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London and The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia where he worked with top Australian spinal surgeons including Professor Rob Fraser.

Mr Yoon is available to see all spinal problems including lumbar spine disorders, spinal surgery, back pain, sciatica, spinal infection, spinal tumour, neck surgery, cervical pathology, neck pain, microdiscectomy, and minimally invasive spinal surgery, though he has a special interest in paediatric and adult deformity (he is also a member of the British Scoliosis Society and Scoliosis Research Society).

He is chief investigator for the NIHR Magec rods Metallosis trial in Early Onset Scoliosis and Principle Investigator on the NIHR BOOST trial - Better Outcomes for Older people with Spinal Trouble.

Areas of interest

back pain; sciatica; spinal infection; spinal tumour; neck surgery; cervical pathology; neck pain; microdiscectomy; spinal fusion; sacroiliac joint pain; spinal stenosis and minimally invasive spinal surgery; vertebroplasty; Scoliosis (children and adults); adult deformity

Medical secretaries

Anaesthetists worked with

  • Mr Wai Weng Yoon has worked with Dr Eoin Sherry at the following hospitals:

    • Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
  • Mr Wai Weng Yoon has worked with Dr Vipul Kaushik at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)
  • Mr Wai Weng Yoon has worked with Dr Robert McCahon at the following hospitals:

    • Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)
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Procedures completed

  • A5755

    Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)

    Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (5-50) Cromwell Hospital (1-5)

  • A5790

    Sacroiliac joint injection under image guidance (and bilateral) - (1-5)

    Cromwell Hospital (1-5)

  • A5745

    Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - (1-5)

    Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)

  • V4100

    Posterior correction of idiopathic juvenile scoliosis with instrumentation, +/-fusion (including spinal cord monitoring) - (1-5)

  • V2560

    Decompression for central spinal stenosis (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)

    Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)

  • V5002

    Manipulation of spine under ga/iv sedation (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

  • V3362

    Primary posterior fusion with instrumentation +/- decompression +/- discectomy (including Graf stabilisation and all fusion approaches) (lumbar region) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)

    Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)

  • A5753

    Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) CERVICAL - (1-5)

    Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)

  • T6213

    Soft tissue operations in the region of the greater trochanter (trochanteric bursitis, snapping hip) - (1-5)

  • A5743

    Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) CERVICAL - (1-5)

    Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital (1-5)

  • V2660

    Revision of decompression for central spinal stenosis - (1-5)

    Spire Nottingham Hospital (1-5)

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