Orthopedics Department II

1. Basic Information: The Department of Orthopedics II of Suzhou Kowloon Hospital was established on November 1, 2020. 2. Bed Capacity: A total of 50 beds are currently open. In the nearly three years since its establishment, the numbers of outpatient visits, inpatients, and surgeries have increased steadily, with the current number of surgeries approaching 1,000 cases/year. 3. Personnel Team: There are currently 20 permanent medical and nursing staff members, including 5 physicians, 2 physician assistants, 1 rehabilitation therapist, and 12 nursing staff members. 4. Equipment: The department is equipped with orthopedic disease diagnosis and treatment equipment, including Siemens’ positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanner (PET/CT), single-photon emission computed tomography scanner (ECT), computed tomography scanner (CT, 640-slice), medical magnetic resonance imaging equipment (MRI 3.0/1.5T), and Siemens C-arm X-ray fluoroscopy unit. 5. Clinical Features: The department mainly treats: (1) Patients with various spinal diseases, such as spinal cord injuries, spinal degenerative diseases (cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis, lumbar spinal stenosis, etc.), spinal deformities, tumors, tuberculosis, and osteoporosis. Revision surgery for complex spinal cases and minimally invasive treatment of lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis (including UBE and transforaminal endoscopic techniques) are routinely performed. (2) Various joint diseases, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and congenital developmental dysplasia of the hip. Arthroscopic surgery and joint replacement surgery are routinely performed, with particularly extensive experience in complex joint replacement and revision surgery. (3) Common fractures of the extremities, complex pelvic fractures, hand injuries, and others are treated. Technical specialties include minimally invasive surgical techniques for fractures of the extremities and microsurgical techniques. (4) Various bone tumors are treated, and surgical treatment of bone and soft-tissue tumors is routinely performed. This includes the diagnosis and treatment of benign bone and soft-tissue tumors and giant cell tumors of bone; limb-salvage treatment for malignant bone and soft-tissue tumors such as osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma; and surgical treatment of metastatic bone tumors. (5) Various foot and ankle diseases and trauma are treated. Corrective surgeries for hallux valgus, equinovarus foot, osteoarthritis of the foot and ankle, etc., as well as repair surgeries for various types of trauma, are routinely performed. The department has extensive experience in the treatment of diabetic foot and conducts MDT diagnosis and treatment jointly with the Department of Endocrinology, Vascular Interventional Surgery, and Burn and Plastic Surgery.