The Department of Proctology at Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 1955 by renowned doctors Zhu BingyiDing Fuhua, making it one of the hospitals earliest specialty departments. In 1994, under the guidance of Professor Xi Xuequan, the department transitioned from a traditional TCM proctology specialty to a modern, comprehensive colorectalanorectal surgery department. In 2010, under the leadership of Professor Gu Yunfei, the department began offering integrated internalsurgical treatment for "inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)perianal disease." In 2023, Professor Zhu Weiming, a leading figure in the field of surgicalnutritional treatment for IBD in China, joined the departmentestablished the "Inflammatory Bowel Disease DiagnosisTreatment Center."

The department is currently recognized as a National TCM Clinical Advantage Specialty, the China Inflammatory Bowel Disease Quality Control Center (IBDQCC), one of the top ten specialties of Chinese Medicine Hospitals in China, a Jiangsu Provincial Key TCM Specialty, a Jiangsu Provincial Key Clinical Specialty,the Colorectal Cancer Sub-center of the Jiangsu Provincial TCM Digestive Disease Clinical Medicine Center.

Department Scale
The department currently has 106 beds9 outpatient consultation rooms across the mainZidong campuses, serving over 90,000 outpatient visitsmore than 6,000 inpatient admissions annually. It boasts 1 expert from the Central Health Care Committee, 2 Jiangsu Provincial famous TCM doctors, 1 Jiangsu Provincial famous expert in integrated TCMWestern medicine, 1 Jiangsu Provincial TCM leading talent,2 international committee members from the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons. Additionally, the department has 12 faculty members who serve as doctoralmasters degree advisors.

Specialized Diseases DiagnosisTreatment

(1) Standardized Treatment for Complex AnorectalPelvic Floor Diseases: The department routinely performs surgeries for complex anorectal conditions, such as sphincter-preserving surgery for complex anal fistulas. It pioneered surgeries in China, including the "deep gluteal elevation procedure" for pilonidal sinus, perineal surgery for rectal prolapse,complex sacral tumor surgeries. Additionally, it introduced the anal circular resection technique for treating severe analrectal stenosis. The department also actively applies laparoscopic minimally invasive techniques for radical colorectal cancer surgeriespelvic floor disease repairs.

(2) One-Stop DiagnosisTreatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): By integrating multidisciplinary resources, including the Proctology Department, the Department of SpleenStomach Diseases, the Digestive Endoscopy Center, the Ultrasound Imaging Department,the Pathology Department, the department has established a multidisciplinary IBD diagnosistreatment team. It leverages the unique advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to promote a patient-centered, comprehensive diagnosistreatment model.

(3) Comprehensive Surgical Treatment for Complex Intestinal Diseases: Under the guidance of Professor Zhu Weiming, the department has established a surgical treatment team for complex intestinal diseases (such as short bowel syndrome, intestinal fistula, bowel obstruction, abdominal abscess,radiation-induced intestinal injury). The team provides individualized pre-surgery rehabilitation, post-surgery recurrence preventionmonitoring, precise nutritional management, exercise rehabilitation,specialized TCM techniques. This approach ensures full-cycle, high-quality disease management from "diagnosis - treatment - rehabilitation" for various complex, critical patients.

Distinctive Advantages

The department has developed several in-house proprietary formulations, including hemorrhoidfistula fumigation solution, spleen-tonifyingconstipation-relieving formula,yellow mallow-based intestinal contraction enema solution. It routinely performs a range of diagnostictherapeutic techniques for intestinalpelvic floor diseases, such as colonoscopy, small bowel endoscopy, CTMRI small bowel imaging, anorectal pressure measurement, pelvic floor electromyography,biofeedback therapy.

AwardsHonors:
The department has completedis currently conducting 19 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 3 national "12th Five-Year Plan" support projects, 3 projects from the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,more than 20 provincialdepartmental-level projects, earning 4 awards at various levels. The department has published 9 specialized books, including MRI Atlas of AnorectalPerianal Diseases: Case AnalysisPerianal Crohns Disease: DiagnosisTreatment, which fill significant gaps in the field. The department led the formulation of the Expert Consensus on the DiagnosisTreatment of Crohns Disease Anal Fistulaparticipated in developing several other expert consensus documents, including the Expert Consensus on Surgical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Expert Consensus on Clinical DiagnosisTreatment of Perianal Abscess, Expert Consensus on Clinical DiagnosisTreatment of Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Perianal Region,the China Guidelines for the DiagnosisTreatment of Hemorrhoids. These contributions have significantly advanced the standardized diagnosistreatment of colorectal diseases in China.