Orthopaedics

The Department of Orthopedics at Taikang Xianlin Gulou Hospital is a key medical specialty in Nanjing. It currently has 49 beds and 13 physicians (10 with master's degrees and 1 with a doctoral degree), including 6 with senior professional titles and 6 with intermediate professional titles. The department has subspecialties in spine, joints (including sports medicine), and hand and foot surgery. It routinely performs complex surgeries such as hip and knee arthroplasty and procedures for degenerative diseases of the cervical and lumbar spine, as well as minimally invasive procedures such as vertebroplasty, channel-assisted treatment of lumbar disc herniation, and arthroscopic treatment of ligament and meniscal injuries. It specializes in complex surgery for fractures of the limbs and has introduced new technologies and procedures, including minimally invasive transforaminal endoscopy and shoulder arthroscopy. It has reached the technical standards for orthopedics at Grade III Class A hospitals and for key specialties in Nanjing. The Department of Orthopedics will comprehensively enhance the integrated development of medical care, education, and research, strive to establish high-level regional trauma, joint (including sports medicine), and spine centers, and seek designation as a provincial key specialty.