Orthopedic Trauma and Joint Surgery

The Department of Bone and Joint Traumatology of the First Hospital of Hohhot was established in June 2009. It is an important department in the autonomous region and Hohhot that integrates medical care, teaching and scientific research, and is an important department for the comprehensive and standardized diagnosis and treatment of bone, joint, trauma and other related diseases. It is also a key department of the First Hospital of Hohhot. The Department of Bone and Joint Traumatology currently has 28 medical staff and 12 doctors, including 2 chief physicians, 8 deputy chief physicians, 1 attending physician, 1 resident physician, 2 with doctoral degrees, and 8 with master's degrees. There are 16 nursing staff, including 1 chief nurse, 1 deputy chief nurse, 4 supervisor nurses, 8 nurse practitioners, 14 with undergraduate degrees and 2 with associate degrees. It has 43 standard open beds, 17,000 outpatient and emergency visits per year, and more than 1,000 surgeries per year. The department is rich in medical resources and has sub-specialties such as joints, trauma, geriatric orthopedics, sports medicine, surgery, foot and ankle, osteoporosis, diabetic foot, and spine. It carries out integrated medical and nursing rehabilitation training and wound management. The department is well-equipped with bone traction devices, fracture treatment devices, bio-lamps, pneumatic pumps, and pulse magnetic field therapy devices. The Department of Bone and Joint Traumatology is responsible for the theoretical and clinical practice teaching of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia Chifeng University, and Ulanqab Medical College.The orthopedic department has strong technical strength, and many people in the discipline hold academic positions as committee members and deputy directors in relevant domestic and provincial academic organizations. The talent echelon is reasonable, the scientific research strength is strong, and it is responsible for multiple projects. Cooperate with experts from Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Union Hospital, Peking University Third Hospital and other hospitals to carry out complex and difficult surgeries. The service philosophy of the department: exquisite medical skills, medical and nursing collaboration, high-quality services, benefiting the people. Specific diagnosis and treatment services: 1. Joint and sports medicine specialty: Carry out artificial total hip, artificial femoral head, total knee, and unicondylar joint replacement; arthroscopic treatment of meniscal injuries, cruciate ligament injuries (ACL, PCL) reconstruction, rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder, etc. 2. Trauma specialty: The new theory of biomechanics and biology is introduced to treat fractures, and the technical level has reached the advanced level of the autonomous region. ① Use locking nail plates and reconstruction plates to treat various types of fractures. ②Use interlocking intramedullary nails to treat long bone shaft fractures of limbs. ③ Use minimally invasive techniques (MIPPO, LISS, PFNA) to treat periarticular fractures. ④ Use advanced minimally invasive approaches to treat complex pelvic fractures. 3. Specialties in the field of hand surgery and foot and ankle: surgical treatment of injuries to blood vessels, nerves, and tendons of limbs, fractures and dislocations of hands and feet, hallux valgus, and foot and ankle diseases.4. Tibia bone transfer surgery to treat diabetic foot and lower limb arteriosclerosis occlusion. 5. Carry out standardized prevention and treatment of osteoporosis 6. Spine specialty: ① Spinal degenerative diseases: Provide surgical treatment for cervical spine and cervical spinal cord injuries (including various types of cervical spondylosis, spinal stenosis, posterior longitudinal ligament ossification, etc.), lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, and lumbar spondylolisthesis/instability. ②Spinal fracture: posterior cervical spine internal fixation to treat atlantoaxial fractures and dislocations, and posterior thoracolumbar decompression and pedicle screw rod system to treat lumbar spine fractures. ③Small incision technique for lumbar discectomy. ④Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PKP or PVP) to treat thoracolumbar osteoporotic compression fractures in the elderly.