Interventional and Hemangioma Department

Interventional & Hemangioma Department. The Interventional and Hemangioma Department of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center is the largest pediatric interventional diagnosis and treatment center in China integrating clinical care, teaching, and research, and is also the country’s first pediatric interventional specialty. The department has specialty outpatient clinics and wards at the Children’s Hospital Campus, Zhujiang New Town Campus, and Zengcheng Campus. It currently has 7 chief physicians, 3 deputy chief physicians, 1 postdoctoral fellow, and 8 doctors with medical doctorates. It sees more than 30,000 outpatient visits and performs more than 4,000 operations annually, including more than 2,000 day surgeries. The volume of pediatric interventional procedures ranks first nationwide, and the proportion of highly complex operations is also at a leading level in China and internationally. Its equipment includes DSA, an intravascular laser ablation system, a microwave treatment system for varicose veins, and ultrasound equipment. The Interventional Medicine Center at Zengcheng Campus has newly installed Siemens ARTIS pheno (Feilong), a fully digital universal flat-panel angiography system and Siemens’ newest multifunctional DSA system, as well as a Philips UNIQ FD20 angiography system. In addition, the Imaging and Surgical Center at Zengcheng Campus is equipped with a magnetic-wave knife system, enabling it to perform the latest magnetic-wave knife ablation procedures for patients with uterine fibroids and adenomyosis. Over the past five years, the department has applied for multiple national, provincial, and municipal research grants, published more than 60 articles in SCI-indexed and Chinese Medical Association journals, served as chief editor of works including Pediatric Interventional Radiology, Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations in Children, and Interventional Treatment of Clinical Emergencies, and participated in translating monographs including Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations in Vascular Diseases. II. Specialized medical services: The conditions treated by the Interventional and Hemangioma Department include hemangiomas, lymphangiomas, venous malformations, arteriovenous malformations, mixed vascular malformations (K-T syndrome), pediatric malignant tumors (including retinoblastoma, hepatoblastoma, nephroblastoma, and others), renovascular hypertension, esophageal stenosis, angiographic diagnosis of diseases of various organs, image-guided percutaneous needle biopsy, and minimally invasive interventional treatment of lower-extremity varicose veins. Gynecological intervention includes recanalization of obstructed fallopian tubes and interventional treatment of uterine fibroids and adenomyosis. Minimally invasive interventional treatment offers the advantages of less trauma, good efficacy, fewer complications, faster recovery, and shorter hospital stays.