Development of Orthopedics Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital

In the 1980s, with the implementation of my country's reform and opening up policy, the then department director Professor Wu Zhikang (late) led general practitioners to take the lead in carrying out scoliosis surgical treatment in China. In the former North American Spine Surgery Department With the help of Dr. Amstrong, Chairman of the Association, international advanced technologies and equipment such as Harrigton, Luque, Zielke, CD, and Galveston have been used to treat various types of scoliosis, achieving good results and winning the third prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the Ministry of Health Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress. In recent years, under the leadership of Professor Qiu Guixing, all aspects of the general practice have been further developed, especially in the research of spine surgery and artificial joints, which have reached the international advanced level.

Focus on the cultivation of young backbones, allowing them to take charge of ward work under the guidance of veteran experts, and has sent many young doctors to Australia, Japan, the United States, Hong Kong and other places for further studies. Currently, Doctors above the rank of attending physician in the department have all gone abroad for further studies.

Focus on academic exchanges, learn from others' strengths, and often communicate with internationally renowned universities and experts. We have invited orthopedic experts from the United States, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and other countries to come to the hospital for surgical demonstrations and academic lectures. Report and discuss issues to improve the diagnosis, treatment and scientific research level of orthopedics.

Focusing on the combination of scientific research and medical treatment, the department has established a computer group and adopted more advanced management methods in data storage; established a biomechanics laboratory and purchased the most advanced CYBEX TMC spine in the country. Functional assessment training device, ZEBRIS spinal function assessment device, and CYBEX NORM isokinetic function assessment device have greatly improved the clinical level and scientific research level of spine surgery and joint surgery; every young doctor in the department basically has a clinical or basic knowledge Research topics, experts and professors mostly have their own research topics of expertise, forming a situation where scientific research promotes medical treatment, thus greatly promoting the overall and rapid development of orthopedics. The current scientific research expenses of Qianke are about 5 million yuan.