Coloproctology

【History of the Department’s Establishment】 The Department of Coloproctology was established in 1982 and was the earliest-established specialized coloproctology department in Shenzhen. 【Department Honors】 It is currently the leading institution of the Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgical Medical Quality Control Center, the deputy-leading institution of the Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine Coloproctology Quality Control Center, a designated institution for the development of a key clinical specialty in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guangdong Province, a specialized department featuring Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shenzhen, a standing council institution of the Coloproctology Committee of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, the deputy-leading institution of the Anal Diseases Branch of the Guangdong Health Science Popularization Promotion Association, the deputy-leading institution of the Coloproctology Committee of the Guangdong Association of Primary Medical Sciences, the deputy-leading institution of the Coloproctology Branch of the Guangdong Health and Wellness Association, the leading institution of the Coloproctology Committee of the Shenzhen Association of Chinese Medicine, the deputy-leading institution of the Pelvic Floor Committee, the deputy-leading institution of the Coloproctology Branch of the Shenzhen Medical Doctor Association, and the deputy-leading institution of the Gastrointestinal Specialty Management Committee of the Shenzhen Hospital Administrators Association. 【Department Leadership】 Shi Zhaoqi, Li Guodong, Hu Bohu, Du Keyi, Li Haozeng, Wei Zhijun, and many other renowned professors have successively served as the department’s administrative directors, making outstanding contributions to its development. Since 2020, Professor Zhao Xiangdong has served as the person in charge of the department. 【Research Scope】 The department is dedicated to the integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment, research, and teaching of coloproctological diseases such as complex anal fistula, hemorrhoidal disease, anal fissure, refractory constipation, and inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis). 【Department Operations】 The department currently has 2 inpatient wards, 69 available beds, and a medical and nursing team of 39 people, including 1 Shenzhen-renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine physician and 12 master’s supervisors. It sees more than 30,000 outpatient visits and discharges more than 2,000 patients annually. To meet patients’ diverse healthcare needs, the department has established several specialty subspecialties, including functional constipation, inflammatory bowel disease, pediatric anal diseases, female anal diseases, and anal eczema, gradually developing a specialized and refined diagnostic and treatment system. In 2025, the department introduced the “Three Famous” Project—the Traditional Chinese Medicine coloproctology disease team of Professor Yu Yongduo from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ranked first nationwide in influence in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine coloproctology)—which significantly improved the specialty’s clinical diagnosis and treatment and research capabilities. The department upholds the core philosophy of “Traditional Chinese Medicine as the foundation, with reference to Western medicine,” fully leverages the distinctive strengths of Traditional Chinese medicine, and has developed Traditional Chinese medicine pills such as Shengdu Pingmu Pill, Xianyu Hemostatic Pill, and Pain-Relieving Hemorrhoid-Reducing Pill, as well as Traditional Chinese medicine pastes such as Polyp-Interception Paste, Kidney-Nourishing and Intestine-Moistening Constipation-Relieving Paste, and Intestine-Firming Ulcer-Healing Paste. These are used together with external preparations such as Hemorrhoid and Fistula Toxin-Eliminating Fumigation and Washing Agent, Toxin-Eliminating Decoction Wash, Damp Ulcer Wash, Damp Ulcer Paste, Coptis Paste, Hemorrhoid-Reducing Paste, and Heat-Clearing Swelling-Reducing Paste, thereby establishing a distinctive Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostic and treatment system combining internal regulation with external therapy. On this basis, the department has introduced advanced examination technologies including 360° transanal color Doppler ultrasound, high-definition perianal MRI scanning, and dynamic defecography, and, combined with minimally invasive techniques such as TST, elastic-band ligation, hemorrhoid injection, and anal fistula seton placement, as well as external treatment methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine, provides patients with efficient, precise, and individualized diagnostic and treatment services. At present, the department has obtained 32 utility model patents, 2 design patents, 4 national invention patents, and 2 international invention patents, and its capabilities in scientific research and achievement transformation continue to improve. 【Department Group Photograph】