Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

The Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital is a Zhejiang key specialty in traditional Chinese medicine. Its staff include two professors, one doctoral and two master's supervisors, three chief and three associate chief physicians, one doctoral and seven master's graduates. Equipment includes 128-slice dual-source CT, 3.0T MRI, digital subtraction angiography, 3D and high-definition laparoscopes, laparoscopic ultrasound, rigid and flexible choledochoscopes, a duodenoscope, ultrasonic scalpel, electrosurgical energy platform and liver radiofrequency treatment system.

A multidisciplinary team includes hepatobiliary surgery, gastroenterology, imaging, interventional medicine, medical oncology, hepatology, anesthesiology, ICU and pathology. Procedures include laparoscopic hemihepatectomy, pancreaticoduodenectomy and portoazygous devascularization. The minimally invasive gallbladder-preserving center primarily uses laparoscopic and choledochoscopic removal of stones or polyps while preserving the gallbladder, followed by individualized Chinese medicine according to the patient's condition. The hospital reports preserving gallbladder function in many patients and recurrence of gallstones and polyps below 3%.

The department reports provincial government and health authority research awards, SCI-indexed and domestic papers and ongoing provincial and ministerial projects, including a major provincial science and technology project. Its clinical scope includes liver, gallbladder, bile duct, pancreatic and periampullary cancers; cirrhosis with portal hypertension or major bleeding, hypersplenism, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and splenic tumors; gallstones, cholecystitis, cholangitis, intra- and extrahepatic bile duct stones, acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic duct stones and liver abscess; liver hemangioma and other benign liver tumors, benign pancreatic tumors and gallbladder polyps; and injuries to the liver, spleen, pancreas and duodenum.