CQHCWC's Pediatric Surgery Department provides services on Saturdays. [Photo/CQHCWC]

The Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children (Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University), or CQHCWC, in Southwest China's Chongqing, established its Pediatric Surgery Department to carry out the diagnosis and treatment of newborns and children with birth defects and diseases.

To offer more convenient and higher-quality medical services to children, the department now provides surgery services on Saturdays.

Guo Chunbao, chief physician and leader of the department, is a well-known expert and professor in the fields of neonatal surgery and pediatric surgery. 

The department, together with well-known domestic experts, has established an integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT) consultation model which features experts from fetal, neonatal and pediatric surgery departments. 

This model helps reduce the risk factors that come into play when transferring pregnant women, new mothers, and newborns, thus improving the chances of a full recovery.

The Pediatric Surgery Department currently has more than 40 beds, and offers diagnosis and treatment involving children's general surgery, urology, and orthopedics, among others.

Diagnosis and treatment characteristics: minimally invasive, efficient, safe, and professional services.

Current diagnosis and treatment services include the followings:

1. General surgeries 

Indirect inguinal hernias, abdominal tumors, anorectal diseases, soft tissue masses, umbilical vitelline duct malformations, choledochal cysts, Hirschsprung's disease, etc. Acute abdomen illnesses such as intestinal obstructions, appendicitis, and incarcerated hernias, are also included. These surgeries usually have a fast recovery time, suture-free incisions, and no scarring, which greatly minimize the pain experienced by children.

2. Neonatal surgeries

Neonatal enterocolitis (NEC), meconium peritonitis, gastroschisis omphalocele, esophageal atresia, perforation of a gastric wall muscle, hypertrophic pyloric obstruction, intestinal malrotation, intestinal atresia, anal atresia, etc.

3. Urinary system surgeries 

Circumcision, concealed penis, penile-scrotal fusion, hypospadias, hydrocele, cryptorchidism, Wilms tumor, adrenal tumor, hydronephrosis, etc.

4. Orthopedic surgeries

Comprehensive treatment of trauma and orthopedic diseases include common limb fractures and dislocations, hand trauma, developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), polydactyly (toe) deformity, congenital muscular torticollis, congenital clubfoot, scoliosis, synovitis, cervical subluxation, pediatric stenosis tenosynovitis (trigger finger), ganglion cyst, popliteal cyst, and subcutaneous mass of limbs.

5. Fetal genetic counseling

Prenatal disease screening, birth structural deformities, intrauterine diagnosis and treatment. Follow-up management and intrauterine surgical treatment of diseases such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, fetal intestinal malformation, abdominal and pelvic mass, biliary atresia/dilation, fetal without a gallbladder, and fetal urethral valve.

6. Emergency surgery

Appendicitis, intussusception, traumas, burns, scrotal emergencies, soft tissue infection and other diseases that need surgical intervention.

Appointment registration method: follow the official WeChat account of the CQHCWC - medical service - appointment registration - specialist appointment registration (Ranjiaba branch) - Pediatric Surgery Clinic

Consultation tel: 023-60354527