Longhua Hospital's Gu's Department of Surgery provides a one-stop solution to patient problems. Over the past 15 years, persistent illnesses have caused a foul odor throughout the body, making it difficult to go out of the hair follicles | Surgery | Gu's Department
Mr. Zhang has been plagued by hair follicle atresia triad for a long time. At the age of 47, his skin on multiple parts of his body, including his head, face, abdomen, and armpits, repeatedly swells and ruptures, emitting a foul odor. He has endured such a persistent illness for 15 years. Recently, the Gu Surgery Sub specialty of Longhua Hospital affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine joined forces to carry out joint surgery, providing patients with a one-stop solution to their problems.
It is reported that Mr. Zhang went to the Proctology Department of Longhua Hospital for treatment due to worsening perianal symptoms. Director Wang Chen carefully and thoroughly understood the condition and local conditions before arranging admission surgery. During the preoperative examination, experts found that Mr. Zhang not only had masses and pus in the perineum and perianal coccyx affected by this disease, but also had a large lesion on the left abdominal wall near the groin, accompanied by acute infection. Mr. Zhang thus recounted his persistent illness that lasted for 15 years.
Originally, Mr. Zhang fell ill 15 years ago during his youth, and he was referred to multiple hospitals, mainly for conservative treatment and symptomatic drainage. But the course of the disease itself is prolonged and difficult to cure, and swelling, pain, and ulceration often make it difficult for him to sleep peacefully. However, due to the foul odor and scars emitted by the decay, it seriously affects the appearance and quality of life, causing great economic and psychological burden on Mr. Zhang. He even dared not leave his home and lost hope in life.
"The patient may appear to have a rectal problem, but in reality, it is caused by the triple atresia of hair follicles, mainly manifested as recurrent painful and inflammatory skin lesions, such as acne and nodules. The disease progresses and does not heal, forming abscesses and sinusoids. Chronic recurrence can lead to fistula, ultimately resulting in skin scars and lesions that can affect the whole body. We will do our best to cure him," said Wang Chen.
For routine "specialized treatment", patients need to go to the Department of Colorectal Surgery and Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery for treatment, but this also means that they will have one more anesthesia and one more surgery.
As the two major sub specialties of Gu's Department of Surgery, Proctology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery are inherently of the same origin and method. Experts have shown significant efficacy, minimal side effects, and minimal treatment wounds in the staged differentiation and treatment of hair follicle atresia triad, greatly improving the quality of life of patients. Combination therapy can provide a one-stop solution to patient distress.
After active communication between the Department of Colorectal Surgery and the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Director Wang Yunfei of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine joined the team to further prepare for combined surgical treatment.
Considering their respective anesthesia and positioning requirements, the combined treatment team cooperated with various traditional Chinese medicine surgical characteristic external treatment methods such as surgery, medication thread drainage, traditional Chinese medicine flushing, and application, effectively treating multiple complex lesions. After the surgery, the patient took Qingre Baidu Yin internally and external preparations such as Jinhuang Gao and Jiuyi Dan from Longhua Hospital. On the 6th day after the surgery, the patient was discharged smoothly and started a new life. Wang Yunfei said that after discharge, patients still need to pay attention to daily care, cooperate with traditional Chinese medicine characteristic therapies, work together, and maintain the results of treatment.
It is reported that Gu's Surgery was founded in 1862. Due to its unique therapeutic effect, Gu's Surgical Therapy has been included in the third batch of Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage List and the fourth batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Projects List. Li Yi, Vice President of Longhua Hospital, stated that through the efforts of seven generations of inheritors of Gu's surgery, Gu's surgery has gradually formed an academic system with traditional Chinese medicine characteristics and advantages, such as ulcers, breast, skin, anus, and acute abdomen. Currently, the hospital is the only one in China with a complete system of traditional Chinese medicine surgery. This "one-stop" diagnosis and treatment service combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine has saved medical expenses and brought more tangible benefits to patients.