Weight Loss Surgery

The bariatric surgery team of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital is led by Professor Zhang Zhixiang as the academic leader and Professor Liang Xiaoyu as the chief expert. It specializes in laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery to treat obesity and related metabolic diseases (including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver, polycystic ovary syndrome, sleep apnea syndrome, etc.).

The team is a member of the International Federation of Obesity and Metabolic Disease Surgery (IFSO) and a member of the Greater North China Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Alliance. It routinely performs gastric bypass surgery, sleeve gastrectomy, transumbilical single-port scarless bariatric surgery and other surgeries. It has also established a joint hospital with the Department of Endocrinology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, Health Management Center, Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Department, Orthopedics, Department of Otolaryngology, Clinical Psychology, and Nutrition Department. Tianjin's first multidisciplinary "Comprehensive Prevention and Treatment Center for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases" is currently the largest metabolic weight loss center in Tianjin. Relying on the multidisciplinary advantages of the general hospital to collaborate, it regularly carries out multiple large-scale free clinic activities every year, opens a WeChat group for patients, and uses new media platforms to provide individualized full-process management for obesity and diabetes patients, including healthy lifestyle guidance, safe drug treatment, and precise minimally invasive weight loss surgery.

The team performs laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of gallbladder stones, gallbladder polyps, and bile duct stones, ultrasound-guided interventional radiofrequency ablation of hepatobiliary tumors, puncture and drainage of obstructive jaundice (PTCD), intrabiliary stenting (stent), puncture and drainage of liver abscess, puncture and drainage of critically ill elderly cholecystitis patients (PTGD), CT-guided puncture biopsy of retroperitoneal tumors, and interventional therapy of portal hypertension and hemorrhage (TIPS);

He has rich experience in enteral and parenteral nutritional support and minimally invasive treatment for surgical patients. He actively applies the latest nutritional support concepts and methods to promote the improvement of clinical nutritional support treatment.

Carry out percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), jejunostomy (PEJ), and fluoroscopic percutaneous gastrostomy (PFG);

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization (CVC, PICC, infusion port).

Nearly 1,000 image-guided interventional surgeries are performed per year.

The team specializes in ultrasound diagnosis and treatment of difficult and severe diseases in general surgery, and its ultrasound diagnosis level of thyroid disease and vascular disease ranks among the best in the country.

Ultrasound diagnosis covers all diseases in general surgery, with nearly a thousand cases performed every year.

Interventional ultrasound diagnosis and treatment are at the advanced level in Tianjin.

Tianjin took the lead in carrying out fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules, which significantly improved the accuracy of diagnosis and reduced unnecessary thyroid surgical resection.

Be the first to carry out standardized minimally invasive ablation surgery for thyroid nodules in Tianjin.

Various minimally invasive ultrasound interventional surgeries have been carried out for nearly 10 years, with the number of cases exceeding 3,000 per year.

At present, more than a thousand cases of thyroid specialist ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound are performed every year, hundreds of minimally invasive ablation surgeries for thyroid nodules, tiny thyroid cancers, and parathyroid adenomas, nearly a thousand cases of ultrasound-guided puncture biopsy of various superficial tumors/lymph nodes, and ultrasound-guided puncture and drainage of the abdominal cavity/thoracic cavity.