March 4^th-9^th, 2019

From March 4^th to 9^th, 2019, Prof. Hermann Otto Mayr, Head of Department of Knee, Hip and Shoulder Surgery of Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, came to Jiangmen Central Hospital for visiting professor. He participated in the Communication of Sports Medicine - Knee Surgery in Jiangmen, and also witnessed the establishment of the Sino-Euro Communication Center for Sports Medicine.

During this period, Prof. Mayr has completed ward rounds, key complicated cases discussion and outpatient clinic. With all his patience, careful examination, Prof. Mayr gave every patient the best diagnostic treatment.

On March 7^th, ushered in the most exciting day. International Sports Medicine Master Prof. Mayr performed a Total Knee Arthroplasty(TKA), which was a live broadcast. Yuanqiao Huang, Director of the Department of Extremities and Sports Medicine in Jiangmen Central Hospital was the key commentator, enabling everyone to inspect and learn from the surgery at home and decode the mysteries of joint, which has set a record of over 80,000 click rate.

After the live surgery broadcast, Prof. Mayr and the doctors carried out the second operation without a stop which is the first cartilage transplantation surgery on knee in the history of Jiangmen Central Hospital.

And Prof. Mayr attended the 2019 Sino-Euro International Seminar on Sports Medicine and Knee Joint Surgery, host by Jiangmen Central Hospital, with 50 experts from Jiangmen, Xinhui, Zhongshan and Zhuhai city respectively presented. Prof. Mayr gave a lecture on “Technical errors  lead to early-stage failure on TKA”

On March 9^th, the closing ceremony of the Sino-Euro International Seminar on Sports Medicine and Knee Joint Surgery was successfully held in Jiangmen Central Hospital. Both sides reviewed the academic exchange work, achievements as well as results.

Prof. Mayr expressed great thankfulness to everyone’s support and efforts. Meanwhile, he spoke highly of the Extremities, Joints and Sports Medicine Department and believed that this is an excellent team. He also looked forward to his next visit to jointly promote the development of orthopedics medicine cause.

March 12^th-16^th, 2019

From March 12^th to 16^th, Former Medical Director of Vitos Orthopedic Center Kassel and Chief of Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction, Prof. Siebert arrived in Dongguan People’s Hospital for one-week visiting professor communication. After that, Prof. Siebert and the representatives of Dongguan People’s Hospital unveiled the plaque of the Sino-German Joint Communication Centre together.

During the outpatient clinic, Prof. Siebert and Director Zhou gave diagnosis to more than 30 patients. Prof. Siebert’s excellent medical skills and serious attitude have been recognized by patients and their families.

On March 14^th, Prof. Siebert led a THP surgery, whose patient was a 79 years old female. Prof Siebert applied an anterior approach. During the operation, Prof. Siebert explained the operation pivot. Doctors who participated in the surgery gave exclamations that how fast and fluent the surgery was. They said they had acquired a lot of advanced knowledge and gained a lot.

March 15th, President Cai of Dongguan People’s Hospital and Prof. Siebert of Vitos Orthopedic Center Kassel signed the Framework Agreement of Friendly Hospital Cooperation together. In the future, these two hospitals will organize a series of cooperation in clinics, talents, scientific researches and management. In the meeting, Prof. Siebert wished his coming can achieve more contributions to the hospital.

On the last day of the exchange, Prof. Siebert gave an international open lecture. In the class, Prof. Siebert shared some cases on infections of the prosthesis and the treatment of that. He also shared his experience on the application of short stem implants in replacement.

In the opinion of Prof. Siebert, doctors are neither artisans nor medical machines. The so-called doctor should be the existence of a life-saving ambulance. This view coincides with the views of doctors from the Dongguan People's Hospital. During the week, from academics to technology, from technology to management, both sides broke through the barriers of language and conducted a real exchange.

In the opinion of Xueming Zhou, Director of Orthopedics in Dongguan People’s Hospital, Prof. Siebert is a patient and proficient doctor. No matter in thr outpatient clinic, daily ward rounds or case discussions, Prof. Siebert kept his patience and enthusiasm. Not only that, while shared valuable skills, Prof. Siebert shared his management experience.

March 11^th -16^th, 2019

From March 11th to March 16th, 2019, Prof. Dr. med. Hermann Otto Mayr, Head of Department of Knee, Hip and Shoulder Surgery of Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, served as a visiting professor in Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM for one-week academic exchange.

Prof. Mayr introduced Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching and his department in detail, and also shared the success of the orthopedic department of Harlaching in Munich, Germany.

In the outpatient clinic of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, many patients came to this hospital after hearing Prof. Mayrs coming. Among all patients, one of them was an overseas Chinese. No matter facing to outpatients or facing to inpatients, Prof. Mayr were very patient and gave detailed treatment methods.

Apart from attending ward rounds and case discussion, Prof. Mayr has carried out surgical guidance and practice in the hospital. Doctors and nurses there showed their appreciation to Prof. Mayr because his surgeries were very rigorous and standardized. They thought Prof. Mayr was so precise that any details were perfect.

During this period, Prof. Mayr, accidentally, caught a cold and had a fever. Knowing Prof. Mayr’s situation, Director Cao proposed to treat him with acupuncture and blood-letting therapy. Quickly, Prof. Mayr’s headache had relieved and swallowing wasn’t so painful. At noon, his fever also abated. Prof. Mayr said that this was his first attempt at Chinese acupuncture. He lamented that Chinese medicine was amazing and was grateful to Director Cao for applying acupuncture treatment.

On March 16th, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine held in the inaugural ceremony of the China Association for Disaster & Emergency Rescue Medicine, Sports Injury Branch, Joint Sports Injury Group and the unveiling ceremony of the Sino-German Communication Center for Sports Medicine. At this meeting, a number of sports medicine and joint experts from home and abroad gathered together. The ceremony also thanked Prof. Mayr for a one-week academic exchange at the Third Orthopedic Department in Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM.

Subsequently, the Former President of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Yubo Lv, Director Bolai Chen and Prof. Mayr from Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching held an exceptional opening ceremony for the establishment of Sino-German Communication Center for Sports Medicine.

Zilian Li, Deputy Director of Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of Guangdong Province, spoke highly of the Sino-German Communication Center for Sports Medicine project of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He hoped that the center and the platform of the society will enable China to understand the world and let the world know about the new China, understand traditional Chinese medicine, and make the technology of excellent Chinese and Western medicine benefit both China and other countries.

March 18^th-23^rd, 2019

From March 18^th to 23^rd, Prof. Walther, Medical Director of Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching and Medical Director of FIFA Medical Center Munich, came to Foshan Hospital of TCM as an international visiting professor for one week and took part in the unveiling ceremony of the Sino-German Communication Center for Foot and Ankle.

During the consultation, Prof. Walther made diagnoses earnestly, answered patients’ questions patiently and gave professional advice. His rigorous diagnosis approaches and academic attainments gave a deep impression on fellow experts while his kind attitude gained the patients’ praise.

Prof. Walther gave a lecture on foot and ankle surgeries in Foshan Hospital of TCM. The topics were: History, Current Situation and Future of Foot and Ankle Surgery in Europe and How to Manage Patients in Foot and Ankle Department. He also shared with us the tips to control the average time of Patients’ staying in the hospital within 2.1 days.

From March 20^th to 22^nd, Prof. Walther led two surgeries and instructed 5 surgeries. Other surgeons in the surgery said Prof. Walther’s procedure had taught them a large number of skills and technology, helping them expand their horizons. Besides, Prof. Walther watched foot and ankle surgeries in Foshan Hospital of TCM which made a deep impression on him because he thought the primary doctor’s skill was professional.

From March 22nd to March 23rd, Director Zhu of Foshan Hospital of TCM held the Diagnosis & Treatment of Sports Injuries to Foot and Ankle Seminar successfully. A great number of renowned experts presented, with the topic of sports injuries to foot and ankle, they communicated through open classes, complicated cases discussion and live streaming procedures to share their opinions. The active academic discussion further promoted doctors’ communication and cooperation, improving the medical technology of the Foot and Ankle Department of Foshan Hospital of TCM.

At departure, Prof. Walther said, “This short exchange is going to the end. I have felt the hospitality of Foshan people. I believe, through the deeper exchange between Foshan Hospital of TCM and Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, we will have better cooperation in the future.”

March 25^th-30^th, 2019

From March 25^th to 30^th, Prof. Siepe, Head of Department of Spine Surgery, Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, came to the Orthopedics Department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM to work as a visiting professor for one week. Vice-President Jun Liu, Director Bolai Chen, Deputy Director Yongjin Li, etc. held a welcome ceremony for Prof. Siepe.

At his stay, Prof. Siepe participated in ward rounds and case discussion, and provide detailed diagnosis and treatment plans for patients.

During the outpatient clinic, after hearing the news that an internationally renowned spine expert Prof. Siepe came to the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, many admiring patients came here for medical advice.

Apart from guidance and practice on spine surgery, Prof. Siepe as well conducted two special lectures for the spine department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM. Prof. Siepe analyzed and explained the surgical standard procedure, the key technical difficulties of the operation and so on in a specific, vivid way and humorous language, sharing the years of experience and methods from minimally invasive spine work with the participants.

On March 29^th and 30^th, Prof. Siepe attended the 8th Lingnan Spinal minimally invasive innovation forum. The conference mainly focused on the heated and innovative topics such as spine endoscopy technique, microscopy technique, artificial intelligence assistive technique and so on. More than 600 orthopedic experts and scholars at home and abroad were invited to discuss the issues and communicate in depth. It is reported that over 50,000 people watched the online live broadcast of the conference.

To promote the international communication and develop the Sino-German minimally invasive spine industry, the plaque of the world’s first Sino-German Spine Exchange Center in Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM was officially unveiled, which established a platform for Sino-German spinal communication to enhance advanced ideas and cooperation. President Yubo Lv, President Dacan Chen, Deputy President Jun Liu and Director Dingkun Lin of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM unveiled the plaque for “Sino-German Spine Exchange Center” with Prof. Christoph J. Siepe and Prof. Daniel J. Rosenthal.

Prof. Christoph J. Siepe explained the key point and clinical effects of Spinal lumbosacral sacral anterior fusion surgery.

He pointed out that he was amazed to see such a modern and general TCM hospital that had advanced techniques in minimally invasive spine surgery and its minimally invasive techniques in spine had already reached the advanced international standard. During his stay, he experienced the unique effect of traditional Chinese medicine such as cupping, massage, acupuncture and so on. After that, he had a strong interest in the integration of Chinese and Western medicine. He hoped that the mutual exchanges can be enhanced in the future, benefiting the patients with osteopathia in both countries.

March 25^th-30^th, 2019

From March 25^th to 30^th, Prof. Rosenthal, Head of the Section of Spine Surgery, Hochtaunus Kliniken gGmbH, Germany, came for a one-week visiting professor’s work and participated in the unveiling Ceremony of Sino-German Communication Center for Spine.

Prof. Rosenthal has provided a lot of advanced surgical techniques and philosophy through surgery practice as well as guidance and has provided a lot of valuable experience in the management of operating rooms. Under the guidance of Prof. Rosenthal, the surgical process in the hospital was optimized, and the efficiency of orthopedic surgery in Jiangmen people's hospital was greatly improved.

On the afternoon of March 29^th, Prof. Rosenthal held an international open class of spine surgery in the Jiangmen People’s Hospital, explaining the latest global concept of minimally invasive spine surgery.

On March 30^th, Prof. Rosenthal and Director Yizhong Lin of the People’s Hospital of Jiangmen attended the 8th Lingnan Spinal Minimally Invasive International Innovation Forum in Guangzhou and gave a wonderful speech on spinal surgery.

“Every visit of Prof. Daniel Rosenthal brings targeted new technologies and new ideas based on the situations and needs of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery in our hospital. This is conducive to improving the technical level and specialty construction of our hospital.” Yizhong Lin said. In last September, under the guidance of Prof. Daniel Rosenthal, the Department of Spine Surgery successfully carried out minimally invasive spinal techniques. Since then, the number of spinal surgery patients in the department has increased in multiples. Lin also said: “Previously, in some difficult spinal surgery cases, we didn't dare to do or couldn't do the surgery so that patients had to go to provincial hospitals. Now we have more technology which is good for patients and able to solve their problems locally without seeking medical treatment everywhere.”

May 6^th-11^th, 2019

On May 6^th-11^th, Prof. Le Huec, Chief of Spine Unit and Chairman of Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology at the Bordeaux University Hospital, was invited to Jiangmen Central Hospital for academic exchange and attended the unveiling ceremony to set up the “Sino-French Communication Center for Spine” between Bordeaux University Hospital and Jiangmen Central Hospital.

During this visit, Prof. Le Huec shared plenty of new procedure skills and emphasized the importance of building a standard diagnosis and treatment process.

In the outpatient clinic, Prof. Le Huec came to the Outpatient Department of Jiangmen Central Hospital and made a diagnosis for 24 patients who had made an appointment in advance. Besides, Prof. Le Huec examined patients’ bodies and analyzed their situation in detail to make individualized treatment plans. In the meanwhile, he taught the accompanying doctors some diagnosis methods and plans. The accompanying doctors thought that they benefited a lot.

In the complicated case discussions, Prof. Le Huec emphasized spinal biomechanics many times and offered some advice to the doctors. Furthermore, he showed his angle examination application which was invented by himself. He used the phone camera scanning the images on the computer, then this application would analyze the angle of lumbar and report in detail.

Prof. Le Huec also operated on a patient with spondylolisthesis to impart innovative surgery philosophy. He believes that keeping enough balance to do partial reduction instead of a complete reduction. In the afternoon, Prof. Le Huec went to the ward and examined the situation of the patient who accepted his procedure in the morning. Prof. Le Huec asked her to leave the bed and try to walk. The patient tried to sit up, stand up and to walk with a crutch successfully.

President Yuming Li showed a high recognition to Prof. Le Huec ’s work in Jiangmen Central Hospital and extended his appreciation to Prof. Le Huec ’s help for Jiangmen Central Hospital. He also said he hoped that Prof. Le Huec would come to Jiangmen as a visiting professor again.

Prof. Le Huec affirmed the diagnosis and treatment level of Jiangmen Central Hospital. He pointed out that spine surgery cannot develop without introducing advanced equipment and update of concepts. Therefore, he briefly introduced some situations of the newest equipment. At last, he wished that Jiangmen Central Hospital would develop better and better in the future.

June 10^th-15^th, 2019

On June 10^th-15^th, President of the Society for Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery (GFFC), Consultant at the University hospital for Trauma Surgery, Orthopedics and Plastics Surgery in G?ttingen, Prof .Dr. med. Hartmut Stinus has been invited to Dongguan Traditional Chinese Medicine as a visiting professor and conducted a one-week academic exchange, as well as the unveiling ceremony of Sino-German Communication Center for Foot and Ankle.

During ward rounds and outpatient clinic, Prof. Stinus communicated with the patients with great patience and checked up the patients’ body in detail and got to know the patients’ diagnosis. And then Prof. Stinus came up with some valuable recommendations on surgical methods, postoperative treatments and rehabilitation plans for those patients.

During the case discussion, doctors were keen on putting questions and discussing and Prof. Stinus combined with years of clinical experience to share his own experience and skills. The whole no.7 orthopedics department was filled with a strong academic atmosphere.

During his visit in Dongguan TCM, Prof. Stinus conducted guidance and practice on several surgeries, and his dedicated attitude as well as a clean standard technique, impressed the doctors presented.

In the afternoon of June 15th, Dongguan TCM Hospital held an open class on Sino-German Foot and Ankle Surgery, which was an academic seminar between Chinese and German experts. The attendants of this seminar included the President of the hospital, Guohua Ye, Prof. Stinus from the Medical Center of the University of G?ttingen, Prof. Weidong Song from Sun Yet-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yet-Sen University, Prof. Xu Wang from Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Director Lu of the General Orthopedic Department of Dongguan TCM Hospital, Qingxiang Xie, Director of the 7th Orthopedic Department and so on. Prof. Stinus delivered two academic speeches which explained the Lapidus surgery, the orthotics shoes, and the application of the orthotics shoes and his speeches also provoked heated discussion.

Prof. Stinus’ five-day visit to Dongguan TCM Hospital came to a successful end and he also received great recognition from his fellow professors in Dongguan TCM Hospital, for the doctor perceived that Prof. Stinus brought some novel theories on the treatment of foot and ankle which helped them to break down their stereotype on foot and ankle treatment. Prof. Stinus also spoke highly of members of the 7th Orthopedic Department for their excellent work. Besides, Prof. Stinus offered some practical advice on the development of Dongguan TCM Hospital and wished the Orthopedic Department of this hospital could have further development shortly.

June 18^th-29^th, 2019

Juin and Helen, from Gloryren, flew to Germany for a 12-days business trip. They visited Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, München Comprehensive Cancer Center, Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich Gro?hadern, Orthopadischen Chirurgie Munchen, Krankenhaus Agatharied Hospital, Sch?n Klinik Nürnberg Fürth, Charité – Universit?tsmedizin Berlin, Sana Kliniken Sommerfeld, Universit?tsklinikum Leipzig and St. Josefs-Hospital Wiesbaden and have meeting with over 20 famous medical director of orthopedics hospital and masters. We sincerely invited them to come to Chinese IIIA-Grade hospitals as visiting professor and discussed the details of 2019 SEOS, which was very rewarding.

September 16^th-20^th, 2019

From September 16th to September 20th, 2019, Wolfgang Lehmann, Chief of the Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery of University Medical Center Goettingen, visited Guangzhou First People’s Hospital as visiting professor for academic and practical exchange as well as the unveiling ceremony of Sino-German Communication Center for Orthopedics.

Prof. Lehmann has participated in the ward rounds with Director Yunfa Yang’s team, and personally conducted the body examination which made the patients and their families feel warm.

Prof. Lehmann conducted pieces of trainings on department operation including showing some cases and operation of sacral fractures, pelvic fractures and acetabulum fractures. What’s more, he illustrated the Stoppa approach and the Kocher-Langenbeck approach in detail. Afterward, Prof. Lehmann gave lectures on periprosthetic fracture, and distal femur fractures.

On September 20^th, Prof. Lehmann led a closed reduction proximal femoral nail antirotation which was also broadcast live to the orthopedics community. During the operation, Prof. Lehmann showed his proficient and exquisite surgical skills and explained the operation process carefully.

September 16^th-20^th, 2019

From September 16th to September 20th, 2019, Prof. Dürr, Head of bone tumor department and department of Orthopaedics, Physical Medical and Rehabilitation, hospital of LMU, Munich and Prof. Walther, Medical Director of Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching and Medical Director of FIFA Medical Center Munich under invitation to come to Foshan Hospital of TCM for academic and practical exchange as well as the unveiling ceremony of Sino-German Communication Center for Bone Tumor.

In the following week's work, Prof. Dürr, besides the outpatient clinic, also have ward rounds to conduct case discussion, which solved the problem for many patients. Prof. Dürr was the leading surgeon for a patient who suffered from bone metastasis of renal cancer, who received resection of tumor segment on proximal femoral and replacement of prosthesis. The surgery went extremely well. During the process, Prof. Dürr showcased sophisticated control and professional techniques, helping the team member of their department participating in the operation learned a lot.

 Though it was the first time that Prof. Dürr had been to Foshan Hospital of TCM, he was deeply impressed by characteristic traditional Chinese medicine and the harmonious relationships between patients and medical staff.

Prof. Walther also focused on difficult and complicated cases for foot deformity (hallux and flatfoot), trauma, sports injury and other aspects by carrying out thematic teaching, case discussion, surgical guidance and other exchange activities.

“We will continue to push forward profound exchanges between our team and international experts and introduce more advanced technology and management philosophy for departments to serve a wider range of patients and help to achieve ‘Peaking Plan’ for the establishment of high medical level hospital, said Direct Lao of Foshan Hospital of TCM.

september 16^th to 20th

On september 16^th to 20th ,2020, Dr. med. Daniel J. Rosenthal, who is Head of the Section of Spine Surgery, Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany was invited to Jiangmen People’s Hospital to carry out academic exchange, which is the third visit of Dr. Rosenthal to China.

Dr. Rosenthal pointed out that age is not the contraindication for surgery. Most of the surgeries highly depends on individual conditions. What’s more, Dr. Rosenthal came up with two significant innovation philosophy which are the precise and minimally invasive of surgery. In the past, most patients and their family members are frightened by spine surgery even just by mentioning it, especially if the patients are the elder, people find it hard to accept such risky surgery. Nowadays, the department is providing services such as minimally invasive surgery for spine, and this break the belief that age is the contraindication and spine surgery has been benefiting more and more elders.

In the afternoon of September 20th, Dr. Rosenthal and the team of Orthopedics Department of Jiangmen People's Hospital successfully performed the first case of microscopically oblique lateral interbody fusion(improved OLIF) for a 79-year-old patient in the hospital, filling the gap of this technology in Wuyi area, which was globally live broadcast to show other surgeon the whole process of this surgery, providing real-time observation for orthopedic colleagues.

Associate President of Jiangmen People’s Hospital suggested that the third time of Dr. Rosenthal’ visit further improved the technology of diagnosis and treatment, pushed forward the development of their orthopedics to the next level, strengthened the development of the hospital and the construction of orthopaedics specialty in Wuyi area, thus providing more allocated services for the common people.

September 16th to 20th 

From September 16th to 20th ,2019, Prof. Haasters, who is Chief of Shoulder Surgery at the Center of Knee, Hip and Shoulder Surgery at the Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, came to Jiangmen Central Hospital to work as a visiting professor, carried out a series of activities for academic exchanges.

During the outpatient period, Prof. Haasters' meticulous work spirit, extraordinary medical skills and diagnosis and treatment level are not only appreciated by young doctors, but also trusted and praised by patients.

On September 18^th , Prof. Haasters performed two surgeries for repairing and suturing of rotator cuff. His skillful technique was praised by the present young doctors.

On September 19^th , Prof. Haasters participated in the 2019 Sino German Symposium on Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery hosted by Jiangmen Central Hospital and the academic exchange of Jiangmen Central hospital orthopaedic specialty alliance, and gave a wonderful shoulder joint lecture.

In the morning of On September 20^{th ,} Prof. Haasters made ward rounds together with the team led by Yunaqiao Huang of Jiangmen Central Hospital and also participated in professional lecture, analyzing and discussions.

The success of the Sino-German International Symposium 2019 on Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery marks a breakthrough in diagnosis and treatment for sports medicine and shoulder disease in Jiangmen area.

We hope that the Orthopaedics Department and Sports Medicine Department of Limbs and Joints can forge ahead, standing on a long-term basis and having their vision of future development, highlighting their own characteristics, spreading the internationally advanced concept of diagnosis and treatment, carrying forward the advanced medical culture, establishing the province's first-class specialty department, and opening up a new situation for the diagnosis and treatment of orthopedic disease for hometown of overseas Chinese and Greater Bay Area in line with the international standards and marching towards the international market!

September 16th to 20th

From September 16th to 20th ,2019, a renowned joint expert -- Prof. Siebert came to Dongguan People’s Hospital again to carry out the work as visiting professor.

For this time of visit, Prof. Siebert exchanged ideas on the treatment of osteoarthritis of knee, and he pointed that most elderly patients in Germany are treated with conservative treatment, acupuncture is one of the prevalent fashion.

Besides following up with the previous cases, Prof. Siebert also had outpatient at the VIP Clinic to provide treatment protocols for many patients with difficult cases.

Prof. Siebert performed a highly complex surgery for a patient who suffered from severe valgus of right knee with osteoarthritis on September 20^th , which is also live broadcast through 5G to the surgeons in Dongguan area.

September 16th to 20th

From September 16th to 20th ,2019, Dr. Pingel, who is the Deputy Chief of Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurotraumatology of Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main was invited to be an international visiting professor at Dongguan Hospital of TCM, and celebrated the establishment of Sino-Germany Communication Center for Spine and carried out series of activities for academic exchange.

With the accompany of other members of the department, Dr. Pingel received more than 30 outpatients at the VIP Clinic who suffer from spine diseases. No matter in outpatient clinic or ward rounds, Dr. Pingel communicated with the patients in a kind and gentle manner, and gives authoritative diagnosis and treatment advice, which is highly praised by the accompanying doctors and patients!

Dr. Pingel also participated in the discussion on difficult and complicated case of spine. Both the Chinese side and the German side shared their experiences given to specific cases which aroused academic torrent of spine for them.

In order to further promote surgical exchange, Dr. Pingel provided surgical guidance for arthrodesis, percutaneous vertebroplasty, biopsy, kyphoplasty and minimally invasive lumbar fusion, and he also performed a German minimally invasive surgery for lumbar fusion as a chief surgeon, which was praised by other surgeons who are also involved in the same surgery.

  September 16th to 20th

From September 16th to 20th ,2019, Prof. Mayr, who is Head of Department of Knee, Hip and Shoulder Surgery and the Director of Medical Care Center of Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching together with Prof. Siepe, Head of Department of Spine Surgery, Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching carried out their work of visiting professor at Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital

During the process of having rounds, difficult and complicated cases and having outpatient discussing, Prof. Siepe contrapuntally provided standard advice for diagnosis and treatment besides communicating with patients and eliminating their concerns.

Prof. Siepe also delivered a lecture on the topic concerning artificial disc technology and A-LIFT. Spine surgeon from each branch of Provincial Traditional Chinese medicine were all participated in it.

For the live surgery broadcast to be carried out successfully, Prof. Siepe and Director Bolai Chen carefully discussed surgical protocols and prepared surgical instruments in advance. Prof. Siepe had observed many of surgeries and had rehearsals for the surgery in order to overcome the differences of surgical procedures between Chinese and German one.

On September 20^th, the surgery was live broadcasted successfully as expected. The whole process was interpreted by Dr. Yongpeng Lin of Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital. After the surgery is done, Prof. Siepe assured the patients’ family members that the surgery was very successful and he also gave advice for postoperative care to them.   

While carrying out case discussions and having outpatient, Prof, Mayr has always treated patients with patience and rigorousness

Prof. Mayr had provided surgical guidance for, as well as performed multiple arthroplasty of knee, which are highly efficient and well-organized. For the final step--suturing, Prof. Mayr also did it in person.

Prof. Mayr also delivered a wonderful lecture on the topic of The difficulty of the Primary Total Knee Replacement: to Solve Deformity and Primary Failure of Total Knee Replacement Caused by Technical Error based on actual cases and the advanced technology for diagnosis and treatment. He launches the discussion on the future development of treatment for knee joint, forming a dynamic atmosphere for academic exchange in the lecture.

 September 16th to 20th

From September 16th to 20th , Dr. Schnake, Chair of Center for Spinal and Scoliosis Therapy, Sch?n Klinik Nürnberg Fürth, Germany is joining the visiting professor project at Huaxin Orthopaedics Hospital and participated in the opening ceremony for Sino-Euro Communication for Orthopaedics and Langde AI Rehabilitation Centre.

Dr. Schnake also gave multiple thematic lectures for spine at Huaxin Orthopaedics Hospital besides having outpatients who suffered from spine diseases and providing best treatment protocol. He reckons that operative approach may be better determined efficiently via learning the latest classification for scoliosis.

On September 20th an extremely difficult operation for the correction of scoliosis is jointly performed by Dr. Schnake and President Dadi Jin, which is live broadcast to other orthopedic professions. The surgery took seven hours due to the complexity and difficulty, but it turned out to be a great success.

From September 20th - 21st 2019, the 2nd Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2019 (Live Surgery Broadcast) was successfully carried out on September 20^th . Seven renowned orthopedists had a coalition with 10 orthopedic specialists in china to live broadcast surgery at gradeⅢA hospitals in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, allowing people to observe sophisticated technique of internationally renowned orthopedic experts’. It has set a record of the largest number of internationally renowned orthopaedics masters performing surgeries and simultaneously live broadcast in China.

Sino-Euro Hospital Management Forum of SEOS 2019 was ceremoniously held on September 21st in Guangzhou.

Many of the internationally renowned hospital directors both from home and abroad together with international orthopedics masters and Chinese leader of different specialties were converged at the Sino-Euro Hospital Management Forum of SEOS 2019 to share their profound experiences of hospital management and to share the legendary history of German hospitals. There was simultaneous interpretation at scene to share more information with orthopedic fellows via live surgery broadcast.

On September 21th, the welcome banquet for global press conference of SEOS 2019 also reached a great success.

SEOS 2019 is co-hosted by Beijing People’s Hospital, Huashan Affiliated Hospital of Fudan University, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, Huaxin Orthopaedics Hospital, Foshan Hospital of TCM, Dongguan People’s Hospital, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen People’s Hospital and Guangzhou Gloryren Orthopedics Technology Co., Ltd, Sch?n Klinik Munich-Harlaching, Sch?n Klinik Nürnberg Fürth, Germany, University Hospital of Munich Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt, Universit?tsmedizin G?ttingen, Vitos Orthopedic Center Kassel, Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany were all invited as special institutions to the summit.

September 23th to 27th

From September 23th to 27th , Prof. Siebert was invited to be a visiting professor at Foshan First People’s Hospital to carry out academic exchange, and held a opening ceremony for the establishment of Chinese-German Communication Center for Joint”

President Jianyue Wang and Vice President Guoqiang Chen and other leaders of the hospital addressed that the establishment of Sino-German Communication Center for Joint is a major initiatives for promoting the implementation of peaking plan of Guangzhou First People’s Hospital and the construction of hospital with high medical standard, vigorously pushing forward the hospital's relevant professional technology to be in line with the international standards, and for fastening the pace of introducing internationally advanced technology. It is believed that the development of joint surgery will exceed to the next level via academic exchanges and in-depth cooperation, providing a internationally first-class medical service for people in Foshan.

During his visiting, Prof. Siebert provided surgical guidance for arthroplasty of knee joint and hip joint and shared his profound experience with doctors in the hospital. He also performed a surgery for removal of hip prosthesis applying skillful and sophisticated surgical technique.

Prof. Siebert had made rounds for the department and focus on the patients who received surgeries that were performed by him as a chief surgeon. The patients’ good healing condition after surgery comforts Prof. Siebert.

During his outpatient service, Prof. Siebert had received many patients who admire Prof. Siebert very much and he provided the best treatment protocols for them. Prof. Siebert found that there were lot of patients who suffers from severe infections and again he emphasizes on the importance of standard treatment for infection.

Foshan First People’s Hospital carried out a public class for Revision of Total Knee Arthroplasty and most orthopedic doctors and surgeons in Foshan were participated in it. Prof. Siebert stressed the principle and cautions of revision of total knee arthroplasty and shared his rich experience of such cases. The colleagues participating the pubic class all showed an enthusiasm for the lecture.

Dr. med. Hartmut Stinus, who is Senior Consultant in Trauma Surgery, Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery departments in Universit?tsmedizin G?ttingen arrived at dongguan hospital of TCM again from September 23rd - 27th to carry out activities of academic exchange as visiting professor.

Integrating imageology with physical examination, Dr. Stinus carefully examined each patients and analyzed the traits of each cases to provide the best treatment protocols. He also instructed the patients how to work out for rehabilitation better in person, which allowing fellow doctors learned a lot from Dr. Stinus.

During ward rounds, Dr. Stinus learned how traditional Chinese medicine treatment can help patients with ankle trauma to reduce swelling and promote postoperative rehabilitation by observation.

Dr. Stinus had performed orthopedics surgeries for some typical cases of complicated deformity of foot and ankle. An orthopedics surgery for pes caves was broadcasted, which earned the attention and praise from the peers.

Dr. Stinus participated in a seminar on Repairing of Ankle Sports Injury and Orthopedics for Ankle, which was conducted based on the theme of foot and ankle diseases, the exchange and sharing were carried out in the form of lecture and discussion on difficult cases. An academic salon based on the topic of Treatment of Cartilage Defect with Acellular Liquid Membrane and How to Prevent Postoperative Complications of Orthopedics Surgery and Foot Surgery, triggering a fierce discussion aroused by at scene.

october 13th to 31st,

From october 13th to 31st, 2019, after taking a 11-hour flight, nearly 10,000km far from China, Juin and Helen from Gloryren Orthopaedics Technology Co. Ltd finally arrived in Austria and Germany to begin a 19-day trip for visiting German hospitals. During the period, they visited 14 renowned orthopaedics hospitals, met with over 30 Medical Directors and orthopedic experts in Austria and Germany to discuss on the program of visiting professorship in 2020, and discussed the work arrangement in 2020 with them and invited them to attend SEOS 2020.

These renowned hospitals includes: Vienna General Hospital, University Hospital Salzburg, Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, Medical Center of the University of Munich - LMU Munich, OCM, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, University Hospital Leipzig, Vitos Orthopedic Clinic Kassel, Orthop?dische Klinik Volmarstein, ATOS Klinik Heidelberg,

University Hospital Heidelberg, Sana Klinikum Offenbach, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt.

They also attended the largest annual congress of orthopaedics in continental Europe -- German Congress for Orthopedics and Traumatology, 2019 (DKOU 2019), which attracted around 12,500 people from over 60 countries to Berlin.

 December 5^th to 11^th 

Dr. med. Daniel J. Rosenthal -- Head of the Section of Spine Surgery, Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany joined the visiting professor project at The Third People’s Hospital of Henan Province and conducted a whole week of activities for academic exchange from December 5^th to 11^th , 2019.

Dr. Rosenthal had received 104 outpatients during his visit, and conducted one week of academic exchanges, including ward rounds, outpatient, surgical guidance, surgical practice, department training, discussion on department management and complicated cases discussion as well as public classes, enabling patients who live in Henan Province to have the services provided by world-class master without traveling for a long distance.

President Xiaoqiang Cao, Director Honggang Zhou and many other elites of spine medicine had a opening ceremony for the establishment for Sino-German Communication Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Spine and Sino-German Training Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Spine.

Professor Rosenthal said that he was very happy to be a visiting professor of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan Province. He has been to many spinal surgery institutions in the world, but there are few high-level and high-quality medical institutions like the Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan Province. He hopes that through in-depth exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, they can open up a new field of minimally invasive spinal surgery, and both sides can make progress together to improve their own medical level.

December 9th to December 13th

From December 9th to December 13th, Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Pfeil, the former Medical Director of Hospital Wiesbaden and the leading expert of the Orthopaedic Clinic has come to the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University as a visiting professor. He conducted a series of activities for academic exchange and held a ceremony for the establishment for Chinese-Germany Communication Center for Joint Surgery.

Prof. Pfeil introduced advanced surgical techniques for knee joint and hip joint replacement, participated in the Shenzhen Joint Academic Salon to share his lecture on the history of trial and error of THA and the future development of THA, gave lectures on the topic of Standard Care for the Patients during the Perioperative Period, hipstop+ Das Handbuch on total hip replacement surgery, pain management in knee replacement and brief introduction of various approaches of hip replacement, and performed surgeries for unicondylar knee replacement , bringing alone the most professional diagnosis for the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University.

Doctors of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University conveyed their gratitude to Prof. Pfeil, saying that he had passed down tremendous internationally standardized philosophy of treatment and diagnosis and surgical approach for knee joint and hip joint, enabling the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University to develop towards a more professional and international direction.

 December 16^th - 21^th

From December 16^th - 21^th, international expert for spine -- Dr. med. Klaus John Schnake, who is the Head of The Center for Spinal and Scoliosis Therapy, Sch?n Klinik Nürnberg Fürth, arrived at the Affiliated Hospital of Putian University to work as a visiting professor.

During the week, Dr. Schnake had a surgery for Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) and C4-C7 decompression through posterior approach of cervical spine as a Chief Operating Surgeon together with president Lin.

Dr. Schnake gave a thematic lecture based on the topic of Challenges in the Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures for department training to manage departments efficiently and control costs.

From December 21 to 22, the First Forum on Prevention and Control of Spinal Cord Injury of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association on which held a opening ceremony for the Sino-Germany Communication Center for Spine. And he also interpreted the topic of treatment for minimally invasive fracture.

“It is not difficult to find through a whole week’s work that doctors and nurses have all been trained very well and equipped with enormous medical knowledge, which is fundamental to patients’ treatment effect. said Dr. Schnake, hopefully, in the future, we will better cooperate with the hospital in depth, and enhance exchanges in the promotion of technology and other academic support.