Department of General Surgery

The General Surgery Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Chinese Medicine was established in December 2005. The department’s medical specialties cover general surgery, thoracic surgery, oncology surgery, etc. It is a specialty with reasonable professional echelons, standardized diagnosis and treatment, superb technology, and high medical ethics. It not only has the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, but also can complete the rescue and treatment of critical, urgent, and severe patients. It can also adapt to the development requirements of modern hospitals and perform various routine and complex surgeries, minimally invasive surgeries, and endoscopic treatments. The department currently has 14 medical staff, including 4 chief physicians, 3 deputy chief physicians, and 6 attending physicians; including 2 external experts, 1 State Council Special Expert, and 5 physicians with master's degrees or above. The department has a SICU equipped with central monitoring, ventilator, defibrillator, ice blanket and other equipment, capable of completing bedside first aid and various bedside rescue operations. While completing the clinical work, he also specializes in clinical acute abdomen: Acute abdomen is an abdominal disease characterized by acute abdominal pain as the main manifestation. It has the characteristics of acute onset, severe condition, and rapid change, and is often treated with surgical methods. The general surgery department uses integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine combined with surgery to treat acute appendicitis, acute intestinal obstruction, intestinal adhesion, intestinal fistula, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation, cholelithiasis and biliary infection, severe cholangitis, severe pancreatitis, etc.While completing high-quality surgery, the use of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and acupuncture treatment during the perioperative period has improved the cure rate, reduced postoperative complications such as intestinal adhesion and infection, shortened the patient's hospitalization time, and reduced the patient's medical expenses. Emergency medicine is an emerging discipline that is developing rapidly and has broad prospects and great potential. Carry out comprehensive treatment of acute and critical surgeries for the elderly and those with multiple diseases. Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Specialty: General surgery uses minimally invasive surgical techniques combined with traditional Chinese medicine treatment, which has the characteristics of reliable efficacy, high cure rate, short hospitalization time, and less patient pain. General surgery can skillfully complete various hepatobiliary surgeries, such as pancreaticoduodenectomy, liver cancer resection, complex biliary malformation and recurrent biliary stone surgery, etc., and can perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy, liver cyst fenestration, appendectomy, liver biopsy, etc.It is planned to be equipped with duodenoscope equipment within the year, which can complete endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD), cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), common bile duct lithotripsy, Oddi's sphincter incision or balloon dilation, and stricture bile duct surgery. Balloon dilatation, stent placement, etc. are used for minimally invasive treatment of biliary stones, acute severe cholangitis, benign strictures of the bile duct and duodenal papilla, acute gallstone pancreatitis, biliary ascariasis, malignant biliary obstruction, bile leakage, and other diseases. After surgery, traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and acupuncture are used to promote early recovery, improve the cure rate, and reduce the recurrence rate. Gastroenterology specialty: Routinely performs radical surgery for gastric cancer, radical surgery for colon cancer, radical surgery for rectal cancer, and resection of small intestinal tumors. After surgery, comprehensive methods such as chemotherapy, immune support therapy, targeted therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine are given according to the patient's condition, which can significantly improve the curative effect, prolong the patient's survival time, and improve the patient's living condition. For diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal obstruction, colon polyposis, intestinal adhesions, and intestinal fistulas, the general surgery department uses a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine to treat diseases, and has achieved good results and accumulated rich experience. Hernia specialty: We have accumulated rich experience in treating inguinal hernia, incisional hernia, lumbar hernia and other diseases, and have the characteristics of positive curative effect and low recurrence rate.Especially for various complex recurrent hernias, giant abdominal wall hernias, etc., tension-free hernia repair is performed. Thoracic surgery specialty: surgical treatment of common thoracic surgical diseases such as lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors, etc. Successful rescue and treatment of common thoracic surgical trauma such as hemopneumothorax, empyema and rare diseases such as spontaneous esophageal rupture have achieved good results. Breast and thyroid specialty: surgical treatment of common malignant diseases such as breast cancer and thyroid cancer, such as radical mastectomy, modified radical mastectomy, breast-conserving surgery, breast molding, reconstruction, radical thyroid cancer treatment, neck lymph node dissection, etc. Patients with hyperthyroidism were treated with thyroidectomy and treated with traditional Chinese medicine to control symptoms after surgery, and achieved good results.