Hand, Foot and Microsurgical Reconstruction Department

Diagnosis and treatment of hand and foot injuries and diseases, including trauma sequelae, complex chronic wounds and hand or foot osteomyelitis. Extensive microsurgical experience in complex limb functional reconstruction, replantation of severed limbs and digits, and repair and reconstruction of limb tissue defects and congenital hand and foot deformities; uses whole-shape reconstruction techniques for complex thumb and finger defects.

Treatment of various foot and ankle diseases, including hallux valgus, flatfoot, and arthritis; correction of congenital and acquired complex limb deformities; repair of various refractory wounds, including osteomyelitis and diabetic foot; repair of bone and soft-tissue trauma; nerve injury repair, etc.

Diagnosis and treatment of complex hand and foot surgical conditions; correction of congenital limb deformities; microsurgical reconstruction of tissue defects; management and later functional reconstruction after hand and foot trauma; replantation of severed digits and limbs; finger reconstruction. The hospital describes extensive experience, broad technical skills and strong innovation.

Foot and ankle deformities (such as cavus foot, clubfoot, varus/valgus deformities of the lower limbs, flatfoot, hallux valgus, etc.); complex foot and ankle fractures and dislocations (such as calcaneal fractures, ankle fractures, Lisfranc injuries, etc.); standardized diagnosis and treatment of foot and ankle sports injuries, ligament injuries, and talar osteochondral lesions; ankle-preserving treatment of ankle arthritis; tarsal coalition; Achilles tendon diseases; and foot and ankle wounds.

Correction and microsurgical reconstruction of congenital hand and foot deformities (polydactyly, syndactyly, macrodactyly, brachydactyly, clinodactyly, camptodactyly, oligodactyly, thumb hypoplasia, cleft hand, constriction-band deformity, radial club hand, proximal radioulnar synostosis, flatfoot and others). Emergency limb salvage and functional reconstruction for complex hand, foot and limb trauma; comprehensive treatment of post-traumatic scar contracture, chronic wounds and osteomyelitis. Diagnosis and treatment of other hand and foot disorders, including hand and foot tumors (melanoma, hemangioma and others), peripheral nerve lesions, wrist disorders and foot deformities.

Emergency care for hand and foot trauma; comprehensive treatment of wounds, osteomyelitis and functional impairment after limb trauma; orthopedic reconstruction of congenital hand and foot deformities; diagnosis and treatment of hand and foot tumors and peripheral neuropathies; and comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of common deformities and injuries of the foot and ankle.

Correction of congenital hand and foot deformities in children and diagnosis and treatment of injuries and disorders of the wrist and hand bones and joints. Microsurgical repair of common limb wounds and dysfunction such as scar contractures. Repair and functional reconstruction for hand numbness, muscle wasting and dysfunction caused by peripheral nerve lesions, including the brachial plexus and median, ulnar and sciatic nerves. Excision of hand and foot tumors and coverage of residual wounds. Diagnosis and treatment of foot and ankle injuries and conditions including hallux valgus, fractures, equinus foot, flatfoot, skin defects and osteomyelitis.

Wrist arthroscopic repair of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC); surgery for ulnar impaction syndrome, avascular necrosis of the lunate, carpal fractures, traumatic wrist arthritis, carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes; repair of radial nerve torsion injuries and brachial plexus injuries; correction of congenital hand and foot deformities including extra or fused digits; fracture and wound repair and functional reconstruction of hands and feet; correction of hallux valgus and surgery for ankle arthritis.

Trauma; fracture-dislocations, peripheral nerve entrapment, limb numbness, muscle atrophy, tendon injuries, joint-movement disorders, congenital deformities, infections, and tumors. Uses microsurgical and minimally invasive techniques for complex wound repair, deformity correction, limb-function reconstruction, nerve repair, replantation, and reconstruction.

Uses supermicrosurgical techniques for primary and secondary lymphedema, lymphangiomas, cysts, lymphatic fistulas, chylous ascites, chylothorax, chylous reflux in the lower limbs and external genitalia, and chyluria. Also diagnoses and treats limb wounds, hand and foot deformities, peripheral nerve injuries, replantation and reconstruction, osteomyelitis, hand and foot tumors, tenosynovitis and paronychia.

Series of total thumb and finger reconstruction surgeries; pioneered the application of great-toe widening and bone-lengthening techniques in total finger reconstruction; specializes in supermicrosurgical free-flap repair of tiny wounds, microsurgical repair of severe limb injuries and deformities, and microsurgical reconstruction of tissue defects throughout the body.

The profile describes an internationally influential surgeon in complete thumb and finger reconstruction and hand microsurgical repair and reconstruction. It credits the surgeon with originating a complete reconstruction procedure for thumb hypoplasia, improving complete reconstruction of multiple missing fingers, originating a Y-shaped fenestrated end-to-side anastomosis and a new flap-thinning method.