CCTV's Encyclopedia of Exploration reported on the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis at the Guancheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. It covered the early symptoms and treatment methods for ankylosing spondylitis, also known as ankylosing spinal inflammation or AS.

by guancheng on 2009-11-17 16:28:52

The Orthopedic Department of the City Guancheng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has a strong technical force and boasts a team of medical PhD researchers specializing in orthopedics. Among them, there are three authoritative bone disease experts with senior titles and two medical doctors. They adopt a comprehensive therapy combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine to treat various bone diseases, achieving remarkable results at low costs. Especially effective for osteophyte formation, cervical spondylosis, intervertebral disc protrusion, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, and ankylosing spondylitis.

This center integrates research, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, scientific research, and teaching into a comprehensive medical research institution. Currently, the center has formed a network system integrating diagnostic rooms, massage, traction, physiotherapy, fumigation rooms, treatment rooms, interventional rooms, operating rooms, computer data query rooms, and hotline telephone consultation rooms.

The center is not only well-equipped with medical devices but also has pioneered many new therapies in the field of bone diseases, such as "local direct micro-interventional therapy," "targeted arterial perfusion," "local joint cavity ozone administration," "local joint capsule needle knife release," "radiofrequency laser," "three-link step bone generation therapy," "local injection therapy," and "original functional exercise therapy" for treating avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Symptoms can be controlled within 3-5 days, and improvement can be seen within 7-10 days (patients can personally experience the effectiveness), such as external rotation, squatting, limping, and pain, which can all gradually improve to varying degrees. Treatment effects can be verified by X-ray after 2-4 months. Even patients who have been bedridden due to long-term or severe illness, unable to take care of themselves, and developed bedsores, can achieve the ideal effect of standing up again through systematic treatment at the center. This greatly shortens the clinical cure course and brings joy and health to countless patients, earning high praise from a wide range of patients.

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