Chongqing Xinqiao Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University—Chongqing, China

Address:
Department of Orthopedics
183 Xinqiao Street
Shapingba District
400037 Chongqing
China

Spine Center Director: Yue Zhou Director

Team member:
Changqing Li
Jian Wang
Tongwei Chu
Zhengfeng Zhang
Yong Pan
Wenjie Zheng
Chao Zhang
Bo Huang

Center description

The department of Orthopedics has more than 260 beds, it receives more than 120,000 outpatients annually. The department operated more than 8300 operations annually, including more than 3,600 minimally invasive spine surgery cases. Till now, totally has accomplished more than 24,000 minimally invasive spine cases. The department features on basic study and clinical diagnosis of the spine and joint diseases, focuses on the minimally invasive spine techniques. The minimally invasive spine surgery technique in Xinqiao hospital is one of the pioneers in China, and plays a leading role in domestic.

Most frequent pathologies  

Degeneration, infection, trauma, tumor, deformity

Most frequent surgical procedures

PELD, PECD, MED, OLIF, ALIF, PLIF, PKP

Number of cases
Number of cases per year: 
Number of instrumented cases per year:  

• Cervical deformity 
• Cervical trauma 
• Cervical tumor              
• Rheumatoid cervical spine 
• Chronic pain
• Degenerative cervical spine            
• Degenerative lumbar spine
• Dysraphic conditions      
• Special procedures       
• Thoracic & lumbar trauma 
• Thoracic & lumbar tumor              
• Thoracolumbar deformity 
7,989
3,221 

84 
120
36
24
0
23
353
0
0
180
185
156

Types of fellowships

  • National fellowship
  • Regional and international fellowship
  • Short-term fellowships (2 weeks to 3 months)
  • Fellow can scrub-in and assist scrubbed in
Average number of surgeries per week in the OR for the fellow: 25