Orthopaedics

The Department of Orthopedics of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, was established in 1978. After more than 40 years of development, it currently has 96 beds and more than 60 medical and nursing staff members, and is divided into multiple subspecialty groups, including spine, joints, trauma, foot and ankle, and sports medicine. It has more than 200,000 outpatient and emergency visits and more than 3,500 surgeries annually. The department has 2 doctoral supervisors and 5 master’s supervisors, and is a training site for postdoctoral fellows and doctoral students of Capital Medical University. The department motto is "Learn extensively, remain steadfast in purpose, and regard patients as family."

Department Features:

Under the leadership of Professor Lu Shibao, Director of the Department, the department has strengthened talent development and built an outstanding medical and nursing team with first-class treatment capabilities. It diagnoses and treats a wide range of diseases, mainly including:

① Diagnosis and treatment of complex cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine diseases, including spinal degeneration, scoliosis and kyphotic deformities, spinal infections, and spinal fractures, including minimally invasive surgeries such as radiofrequency ablation and transforaminal endoscopic surgery, complex spinal deformity correction surgery, and non-fusion and fusion techniques;

② Various degenerative diseases of the bones and joints, including knee-preserving surgeries such as knee osteotomy and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, as well as artificial hip, knee, shoulder, and elbow joint replacement and revision surgeries;

③ Sports injuries of the knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, and other joints, including various arthroscopic surgeries and arthroscopic knee ligament reconstruction;

④ Complex fractures of the limbs, pelvis, and other sites, as well as fracture nonunion, various complex traumas, and post-traumatic sequelae;

⑤ Corrective surgeries for hallux valgus, toe arthritis, and various complex foot and ankle deformities;

⑥ Resection of various bone and soft-tissue tumors.

Department Strength:

Under the leadership of the current Director, Professor Lu Shibao, and relying on the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, the department has developed a clinical diagnosis and treatment system centered on geriatric orthopedic diseases, and established a research ward for geriatric orthopedics, a green fast-track pathway for elderly orthopedic patients, and a multidisciplinary perioperative diagnosis and treatment system. In recent years, the department has undertaken multiple research projects, including key projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, General Program projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and projects funded by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation. Its cumulative research funding has exceeded 10 million yuan; it has published more than 100 research papers and 11 monographs.