Introduction

The core practices of Orthopedics Department include traumatology, spine surgery, bone diseases and tumors, sports medicines, hand surgery, joint reconstruction and pediatric orthopedics.

The Orthopedic Department is based on but not limited to the studies on fracture traumas and treatments. Our orthopedic trauma team utilizes the cutting-edge techniques of microsurgery on fracture treatments. Aside from that, we have remarkable achievements in the fields such as spine diseases, hand diseases, bone tumors, congenital bone diseases and restoration of motor functions.

Our spine surgery team is one among the few hospitals in Taiwan able to perform scoliosis surgeries, and have achieved thousands of successful cases so far. Aside from the common lumbar diseases, this team also pioneers in surgeries on thoracic and cervical diseases.

Sports medicine has become more and more important since the citizens, either professional or amateur athletes, engage to a lot of sports activities. Our team is second to none in Taiwan in terms of experiences on managing knee and shoulder injuries.

Congenital bone disorder has been a conundrum in medicine. Pediatric orthopedics has challenges in diagnosis, treatment as well as follow-up patient care. Our team has been devoted to the research on serious congenital scoliosis for years, hoping to shed some light on the field and to benefit the patients and their parents.

Over the decades orthopedists have tried to apply what they learned from microsurgery to the restoration of the hand or arm functions of the countless patients via ligament reconstructions and arthroscopy on wrists and elbows.

In Taiwan as an aging society, joint reconstruction has gained more significance than ever. Our team has thousands of cases each year subjected to reconstruction operations. Not only hip, knee, shoulder or elbow replacement, our team also deals with nasty infections or reconstructions well. We further employ corrective bone surgery on young patients to prevent them from the doom of total joint replacement. As a forerunner in introducing and practicing the arthroscopy in Taiwan, we have presented thousands of cases of arthroscopy to impress audiences on the international orthopedic conferences.

About half of the bone tumor cases in Taiwan are treated at our hospital. For this reason, we have established a bone bank, abundant with donated bones, for use in various reconstructions of bony defects or allograft transplants.

Last but not least, our resources are also allocated to academic researche on the innovative fields such as molecular biology and genetic/tissue engineering awaiting future clinical applications. Under the collaboration with National Yang-Ming University, we integrate the clinical and academic resources for exploration into the fields such as osteoporosis, cartilage regeneration and the application of stem cells.

References

1. Rockwood Fracture's Solutions, 3 Volume Set by Robert W. Bucholz, James D. Heckman, and Charles, M.D. Court-Brown (Hardcover - Jan 2006)
2. Handbook Of Fractures by Joseph D. Zuckerman and Kenneth J. Koval (Paperback - Jan 15, 2002)
3. Netter's Concise Atlas of Orthopaedic Anatomy (Netter Basic Science) by Jon C. Thompson (Paperback - Sep 1, 2001)

Orthopedic Imaging: A Practical Approach (Orthopedic Imaging) by Adam Greenspan (Hardcover - Oct 1, 2004)