Hand and Foot Surgery Department

The Department of Hand and Foot Surgery of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University was established in September 2016 and is a specialist department in Qingdao for the diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases of the hand and foot. It currently has 6 physicians, including 1 chief physician, 1 associate chief physician, 1 attending physician and 3 resident physicians, all 6 with postgraduate qualifications. Under the leadership of Professor Qu Zhigang, head of the department, it has formed a united and enterprising new team. Since opening, the department has performed an average of 100 operations per month; it integrates hand surgery, foot and ankle surgery, plastic surgery and microsurgery, and provides high-level diagnostic and treatment services through sound medical skill. The department is equipped with advanced specialist diagnostic and therapeutic equipment from China and abroad, carries out all types of hand and foot surgery including highly demanding microsurgical procedures, reaching the advanced domestic level, and has published more than 40 papers in core Chinese journals.

Scope of diagnosis and treatment:

1. Hand and foot trauma: open injuries of the hand (wrist) and foot (ankle), burns of the hand and foot, bone and joint injuries of the limbs, tendon injuries of the hand and foot, and nail and nail bed injuries.

2. Flap repair of skin and soft tissue defects of the limbs: various free flaps, random pattern flaps, fasciocutaneous flaps, perforator flaps, reverse island flaps, venous flaps, and skin and soft tissue expansion.

3. Infectious diseases of the hand and foot: paronychia and subungual abscess, felon, purulent tenosynovitis, suppurative bursitis, infection of the hand spaces, web space infection, suppurative osteomyelitis, suppurative arthritis, and animal bites.

4. Replantation and reconstruction of amputated fingers (toes) and limbs, and vascular injuries: avulsion amputation of the thumb (toe), replantation of distal phalanx amputations, ectopic replantation, finger reconstruction, replantation of major limb amputation, and management of major vascular injuries of the limbs.

5. Peripheral nerve injuries: brachial plexus injury, musculocutaneous nerve injury, axillary nerve injury, median nerve injury, ulnar nerve injury, radial nerve injury, digital nerve injury and various lower limb nerve injuries.

6. Congenital deformities of the hand and foot: syndactyly, polydactyly, cleft hand, macrodactyly, congenital thumb hypoplasia, and congenital constriction band syndrome.

7. Tumours of the hand and foot: epidermoid cyst, ganglion cyst, haemangioma, glomus tumour, schwannoma, giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath, lymphangioma, melanoma, enchondroma, multiple osteochondromas, osteoid osteoma and aneurysmal bone cyst.

On its new journey, the Department of Hand and Foot Surgery of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University follows the concept of "patient-centred care", focuses on technical innovation, and works continuously to build itself into an excellent clinical department that patients choose first and society recognises, so as to better serve and safeguard people's health.

Visiting guide

(1) Department location

Building B, 18th floor, West Coast Campus, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

(2) Enquiry telephone

82919512, 82919767

Note: if the above numbers are difficult to reach, please call the hospital's 96166 service hotline.