 He was released from the hospital on September 14, 2006 but continued to receive out-patient care.He returned to the hospital to have a second surgery to remove some of the iron rods in his leg on October 10, and briefly returned to work in late October to film the final three episodes of MBC's "Rainbow Romance" while still in a cast and wheelchair.He made his comeback on November 25 of the same year during the Mnet KM Music Festival.