Obesity is one of the top ten chronic diseases identified by the World Health Organization, and it is also a public health problem currently facing the world. The number of obese people in China has become the highest in the world, and bariatric and metabolic surgery has also emerged, becoming one of the most rapidly developing medical fields in recent years.
In order to promote and promote the construction and development of bariatric and metabolic surgery, and strengthen academic exchanges and experience sharing, on April 13, the Minimally Invasive Metabolic Surgery Department of Qujing Second People's Hospital successfully held the first Zhuyuan Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Forum. More than 100 experts and scholars from inside and outside the province participated in the academic forum.
In the opening ceremony, Chen Weiwen, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Second Municipal Hospital, delivered a welcome speech, in which she fully affirmed the achievements of the Minimally Invasive Metabolic Surgery of the Second Municipal Hospital in medical treatment, teaching, and scientific research. It is hoped to strengthen the docking with experts and disciplines inside and outside the province, introduce new technologies, and promote the development of regional bariatric and metabolic surgery. At the same time, it is necessary to continuously strengthen exploration and research, including improving the safety and effect of surgery, paying attention to long-term efficacy and quality of life, strengthening multidisciplinary cooperation, building talent echelon, scientific and technological innovation, improving clinical scientific research capabilities, and promoting the standardization, standardization and professional development of bariatric and metabolic surgery, so as to make more contributions to the health of Qujing.
The meeting also invited Professor Cheng Zhong and Professor Chen Yi from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Professor Liu Yanjun and Professor Zhan Dafang from the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Professor Xie Ming, Professor Hu Xu and Professor Zhou Xin from the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Professor Ren Yixing from the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medicine, Professor Wu Bian and Professor Jiang Lixia from the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Professor Li Xiaogang from the Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Professor Fang Denghua from the Second People's Hospital of Qujing City, Professor Fu Chaochun from the First People's Hospital of Qujing City and other experts in bariatric and metabolic surgery to discuss the surgical treatment of obesity and diabetes. Extensive exchanges were conducted on related topics such as surgical methods and complications, as well as experience sharing in perioperative management of bariatric patients, and the problems encountered in bariatric loss were warmly exchanged and discussed.
Through this academic forum, the participating experts spoke freely, exchanged experiences, actively discussed, strengthened multidisciplinary collaboration, further promoted and promoted the professional development of bariatric and metabolic surgery, and brought healing gospel to more obese and diabetic patients.
In June 2014, the Second Hospital of Qujing City took the lead in carrying out bariatric surgery in the city, and has successfully carried out more than 1,500 bariatric surgeries, with good surgical results and high social satisfaction, and the number of bariatric metabolic surgeries is the first in the province. The Department of Minimally Invasive Metabolic Surgery of the Second Municipal Hospital has continued to develop rapidly, and has published 12 academic papers, including 3 SCI papers, and won the third prize of scientific and technological progress of the Yunnan Provincial Government in 2018. He has held 3 national and provincial academic conferences on bariatric and metabolic surgery, and has been invited to give more than 10 special lectures at domestic and foreign conferences. At present, he is applying for 2 provincial and national basic research projects and 1 new material clinical application project. He has successively guided more than 10 hospitals in the province to carry out various bariatric and metabolic surgeries, which has been recognized by his professional peers.
Chen Lin, Li Yingxu, Lei Suoying