Traumatology Department

Overview

Traumatology Department was established in 2008, which is the earliest pediatric traumatology department in children's hospitals in China. The department is mainly responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of various types of surgical emergencies and traumatic diseases in children, including various types of fractures, skin avulsion injuries, and multiple organ injuries, especially for critical illnesses such as car accidents and falling injuries from high places. There are currently 24 beds in the department. There are 12 team members in the department, including 1 chief physician, 1 deputy chief physician, 2 attending physicians, 8 resident physicians, one of them with doctoral degree and 8 with master degree. 

Service

Pediatric emergencies and various types of traumatic diseases, including:

(1) Various types of acute abdomen in children: acute appendicitis, intussusception, incarcerated inguinal hernia

(2) Foreskin incarceration, burns

(3) Various types of fractures, brain trauma, simple or compound skin avulsions, multiple organ injuries

(4) Rescue technology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

(5) Severe compound trauma

Professional Features

The department has rich experience in handling all kinds of pediatric emergencies, including:

(1) Various types of acute abdomen in children: acute appendicitis, intussusception, incarcerated inguinal hernia

(2) Foreskin incarceration, burns

(3) Various types of fractures, brain trauma, simple or compound skin avulsions, multiple organ injuries

(4) Rescue technology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

(5) Severe compound trauma.

In 2018, about 250 cases of multiple organ injuries caused by falling from high places and car accidents was successfully treated, and the annual operation volume is around 700. The multidisciplinary team service is available for patients with severely injuries. It has actively carried out standardized treatment of complex fractures in children, and completed many cases of complex pelvic acetabular fractures and spinal fractures in children with excellent patient outcomes. The minimally invasive treatment has been applied into pediatric fractures, for example, closed reduction of percutaneous K-wire fixation of supracondylar fractures of the humerus, percutaneous Kirschner wire fixation, closed reduction and internal fixation of fractures guided by ultrasound.


Research

The department has presided and participated in 8 provincial-level projects and 1 project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, and published more than 10 core journal papers, including 5 SCI papers.

Expert Team

No. Name Academic Rank

1

Zhao Guoqiang

Chief Physician

2

Zhao Xufei

Associate Chief Physician