Gynaecology
1. Overview: The Department of Gynecology was established in 2006. Through more than ten years of effort, it has grown into a key department of a comprehensive tertiary Grade-A hospital integrating medical care, teaching and research. 2. Bed capacity: The Department of Gynecology currently has 53 beds managed in 3 groups, covering gynecological tumors, reproductive endocrinology, family planning, infertility, pelvic floor dysfunction diseases and gestational trophoblastic disease. It admits more than 5,000 patients per year and performs more than 1,000 operations per year. 3. Staffing: 4 chief physicians, 6 associate chief physicians and 9 staff members with a master's degree or above. Under the leadership of the department director, the department sends key staff for further training and actively introduces professional techniques and concepts, while inviting experts to the hospital for guidance and exchange, keeping pace with developments in the discipline. 4. Equipment: The department is equipped with specialized surgical and imaging equipment, including: a full set of STORZ hysteroscopy and laparoscopy equipment, colposcopy equipment, a carbon dioxide laser therapy device, a pelvic floor rehabilitation electrical stimulation device, TCD, SIEMENS 1.5T and 3.0T magnetic resonance scanners, 64-slice and 640-slice spiral CT, 3D-DSA, PET-CT and others. 5. Clinical features: (1) Outpatient service: It undertakes the basic medical tasks of the campus and surrounding areas, with more than 500 outpatient visits per day on average, including acute and critical patients and patients with difficult and critical conditions. Our department has undertaken the “two-cancer screening” task for several years and has won the trust of patients and recognition from the health administrative authorities. (2) Cervical Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center: A complete “three-step” cervical cancer screening process has been established, with colposcopy equipment and equipment for cytology and HPV virus testing. (3) Gynecological laparoscopic surgery has become a routine surgical approach: The Department of Gynecology has actively carried out laparoscopic surgery since its establishment and has so far accumulated experience of nearly 20,000 operations; open laparoscopic surgery is used to treat huge pelvic cysts, and in recent years laparoscopic radical hysterectomy plus pelvic lymphadenectomy for gynecological malignant tumors has reached more than 200 cases. The department attaches importance to the comprehensive treatment of malignant tumors, emphasizes multidisciplinary cooperation, and advocates the treatment concepts of individualization and minimal invasiveness. (4) Hysteroscopic examination and treatment are widely used in clinical practice: Hysteroscopy is applied in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, recurrent miscarriage, abnormal endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial cancer, uterine fibroids, polyps, uterine malformations and others. (5) Vaginal surgery conforms to the modern concept of minimally invasive surgery: The use of the vagina, a natural body cavity, for hysterectomy, total pelvic floor reconstruction, various pelvic drainage procedures and other operations conforms to the concept of minimally invasive surgery; within Suzhou, total pelvic floor reconstruction and tension-free mid-urethral sling procedures for urinary incontinence have been carried out, achieving good social and economic benefits. 6. Research and teaching: The department has successively undertaken 5 research projects, published more than 30 papers, served as chief editor or co-author of 1 book, and applied for 2 medical patents.