Establishment and development of Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of the Affiliated Hospital of Nankai University (Tianjin No.4 Hospital) / 中华烧伤杂志

ABSTRACT

Tianjin No.4 Hospital is a general hospital featured in burns, and the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery has six secondary clinical departments with 110 hospital beds. After hard working by several generations, the department has successively developed into a key discipline in Tianjin and Tianjin Burn Emergency Center. Tianjin Burn Research Institute was established in 1992, and then the department became master′s granting unit of Tianjin Medical University. In scientific research aspect, many researches have been completed and obtained important results, such as the mechanism and effect of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in prevention and treatment of intestinal failure, early diagnosis and local treatment with fiberoptic bronchoscope, energy metabolism regularity of burn patients, and the development of irradiated biological dressings. In clinic aspect, tens of thousands of complex wounds and chronic refractory wounds were repaired by various kinds of flaps and advanced methods, and the cure rate of patients with large burn area reached 94.1%. In 2016, Tianjin No.4 Hospital became the Affiliated Hospital of Nankai University. Hereafter, a number of research intentions have collaborated between the department and the State Key Laboratory of Academy of Life Sciences of Nankai University. In the future, our department will focus on improving the treatment level of patients with large burn area, carrying out researches on comprehensive anti-shock in the early stage, inhalation injury treatment, infection treatment, comprehensive treatment of multiple organ failure, wound repair, scar treatment, rehabilitation, and the clinical application.