About the Author: Huizhong Tian，male, born in 1925, graduated from medical college of National Henan university in 1949, professor, research fellow, PhD student supervisor, expert with State Department special allowance, honorary director of the department of Spine surgery of Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, honorary director of research institute of spine surgery at the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, honorary president of Xinjiang Spinal Cord Injury Society. He has been engaged in orthopaedics for 60 years and performed various surgical operations in more than 13,000 cases. He is one of the founders of Chinese spine surgery and he has made outstanding contributions in the field of spinal surgery such as "Total Vertebral Column Osteotomy for Correction of Severe Scoliosis" which is the first international initiative. The inventions of Tian's spine osteotome and portable pediatric halo-pelvic ring traction device have obtained national patents, National Invention Award and the International Gold Medal Award. He once had served as director of the Research Institute of Spine Surgery of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, president of Xinjiang Spine Surgery Hospital, visiting researcher of orthopaedics of Tokyo University, visiting professor of orthopaedics of Hirosaki University, vice-president of American-Chinese Medical Association of orthopaedics surgery society, chief editor of American Journal of Orthopaedics, vice-president of Chinese Spinal Injury Research Society, deputy director of Research Institute of Spinal Cord Injury of chinese medical sciences university, consultant of the Professional Committee of Spinal Cord Injury of Guangdong Province, etc. He has written and published 30 professional books such as" Spinal Deformity Surgery", "Spinal Deformity & Osteotomy", "Ankylosing Spondylitisacology", "Practical Spinal Surgery", "Practical Spine Surgery Atlas", "Operative Orthopedics Gist & Atlas", "Halo Pelvic Distraction Technique for Spinal Deformity", "Cervical Spine Gist & Atlas", "Pediatric Operative Orthopedics", "Spinal Deformity Surgery", "Surgical Techniques for the Cervical Spine","Spinal Osteotomy Orthopedic". Moreover, he has published more than 100 representative articles in national and international journals.
Yuan Ma, associate professor, PhD student supervisor, director of the Department of Spine Surgery, Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. He has been engaged in orthopaedics for 26 years and currently serve as vice-director of the Research Institute of Spine Surgery of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, president of Xinjiang Spinal Cord Injury Society, national member of Spinal Surgery Group of Chinese Medical Association, deputy director of Chinese Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Society, council member of Chinese Speaking Orthopedics Society, Committee member of Xinjiang Physical Disability Rehabilitation Society, editorial board of Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine and Orthopedic Journal of China. Moreover, he has published dozens of articles in Chinese journals such as Correction of severe kyphosis and kyphoscoliosis by total spinal osteotomy, Total enbloc spondylectomy -a new surgical technique for primary malignant vertebral tumors， Clinical effect analysis of continuous pedicle screw for scoliosis correction, Clinic effect analysis of translamina "V" shaped osteotomy internal fixation to correct ankylosing spondylitis. He has written and published 10 professional books such as Practical Spinal Surgery, Practical Spine Surgery Atlas, Internal Fixation Technique for the spine, Surgical techniques for spinal tuberculosis. He has won The 2nd Prize of Xinjiang Medical Science and Technology, a natural science grant by the Autonomous Region and a national natural science grant by China.
As a visiting scholar, he studied spine surgery in Japan, Hokkaido Universit, especially in the field of cervical spondylosis and scoliosis correction surgery. He was instructed by some famous professor of orthopaedics of Hokkaido University in Japan such as Professor Tamita and Professor Abumi. He has worked under the guidance of Professor Huizhong Tian for more than 20 years and accumulated abundant clinical experience and skills in the field of correcting spinal deformity, especially in treatment of severe scoliosis and kyphosis deformity under the halo-pelvic ring traction, multi-level cervical spondylosis, kyphosis deformity caused by old fracture. In 2010, he was selected as the leader of spine surgery discipline among the sixth affiliated hospitals of Xinjiang Medical University.
Jingming Xie, professor, PhD student supervisor, chief physician of the Department of Orthopaedics of Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, director of the Research Institute of Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity. He is an active member of Scoliosis Research Society, member of North American Spine Society, member of AO-spine, editorial board of International Journal of Orthopedic and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. He enjoyed high reputation in the field of spine surgery home and abroad.
He has been devoting himself to the field of treatment of spinal deformities and related research. He is one of the first surgeons in the world applying "posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR)" to treat severe rigid spinal deformities. Over the past ten years, he has been invited to give more than 60 presentations and academic exchange at international conferences, such as the Annual Meeting of Scoliosis Research Society, the annual meeting of the North American Spinal Society, the annual meeting of the European Spinal Society, and his academic research results of treatment of severe rigid spinal deformity by PVCR obtain high recognition and praise from worldwide spine surgery peers. He was selected as tutor for the Scoliosis Research Society 2013 tutorial for global SRS members in 2013. In 2015, "Second PVCR Global Training Course" for international spine surgeons was successfully held, which improved and enhanced the treatment of severe rigid spinal deformity for the whole world. Over the past 30 years, he has always been adhering to the road of combining clinical and scientific research. Twenty-nine papers have been published in Spine, European Spine Journal, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine and other top international journals of spinal surgery, with a cumulative impact factor of 73.4. He invented 16 devices to treat early onset scoliosis with national patent granted. He undertakes more than ten scientific research projects including with grant from national level and provincial level.
Yingsong Wang, M.D., professor, Ph.D. student supervisor, Director of Orthopedics Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, with honored title of "Ten Thousand Famous Doctors" of Yunnan Province, Leading Youth Scholar of Yunnan Province; Discipline Leader of Yunnan Health Commission. He is an elected member of Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) and member of Education Committee；Deputy Director of Yunnan Orthopedic Association and Yunnan Pediatric Surgery Association；Director of Bone, Joint and Rheumatic Disease Group of Yunnan Rehabilitation Medicine Association. He enjoys 1st Prize and 2nd Prize of Yunnan Science and Technology Advancement Award. He has led or is leading 6 projects with grants from National Natural Science Foundation. His research and clinical work focuses on spinal surgery.
