Pain Department

The Pain Department of Tianjin First Central Hospital was established in 2014. It currently has 35 beds, 2 chief physicians, 2 deputy chief physicians, 4 attending physicians, 4 physicians, and 13 nurses, including three with doctorate degrees and seven with master's degrees. Subject leader He Yongjin: He began to engage in pain diagnosis and treatment in October 2008, and founded the Pain Department in May 2014 with the support of hospital leaders. Currently, he is chief physician and postgraduate tutor; director of the Pain Department of Tianjin First Central Hospital; chairman of the Tianjin Pain Society; deputy chairman of the Tianjin Pain Physicians Association; deputy chairman of the Orthopedics Minimally Invasive Professional Committee of the Tianjin Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine; member of the Pain Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; member of the Neuromodulation Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology; editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Pain Science; and editorial board member of the Medical Reference Newspaper in charge of the National Health Commission. Specialized in minimally invasive spinal endoscopic treatment of lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis. The Department of Pain treats all chronic pain from head to toe using minimally invasive treatments. The pain diagnosis and treatment techniques carried out include: transforaminal endoscopic treatment of waist and leg pain, numbness, weakness, and difficulty in walking caused by lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis.Spinal endoscopy treats headaches, neck and shoulder pain, chest and back pain, limb pain, numbness, and unsteady walking caused by cervical spondylosis, cervical spinal canal stenosis, thoracic spinal canal stenosis, and thoracic disc herniation; bone cementoplasty treats severe low back pain caused by osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures; plasma radiofrequency treats headaches caused by cervical disc herniation, pain and numbness in the upper limbs, and low back and leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation. Spinal cord electrical stimulation is used to treat post-herpetic neuralgia; microballoon compression is used to treat trigeminal neuralgia; thermocoagulation radiofrequency is used to treat various intractable pains such as glossopharyngeal neuralgia and perineal neuralgia; acupuncture, trigger points, and internal heat acupuncture are used to treat various soft tissue pains. Our department has held a total of 41 national pain diagnosis and treatment technology training courses and 16 refresher courses, training more than 400 qualified pain doctors for hospitals across the country. The department has advanced medical equipment such as G-arm, transforaminal surgical instruments, cervical and thoracic endoscopic surgical instruments, color ultrasound, infrared thermal imaging cameras, ECG monitors, and STARZ video imaging systems.