Puwan Campus Vascular Surgery Department

The Department of Vascular Surgery of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University is a National Clinical Key Specialty. After rapid development in recent years, it has now reached an advanced domestic level in minimally invasive endovascular treatment in vascular surgery and is a minimally invasive vascular center featuring a multidisciplinary integrated model. It currently has 2 chief physicians, 2 associate chief physicians, 4 attending physicians, and 1 resident physician. It leads and undertakes 2 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 projects funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, and 1 project under the Dalian Medical Science Research Plan. It has published nearly 50 SCI articles in total, with a cumulative impact factor of 140+ points. The Department of Vascular Surgery at the Puwan Campus continues the fine traditions of the Department of Vascular Surgery of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University. All experts providing outpatient consultations are key members of the department at the Xinghai Campus of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, and the department undertakes important medical services for northern Dalian. The department currently has 20 beds and is equipped with leading domestic medical devices, including a radiofrequency ablation system for the great saphenous vein and the Indigo thrombus aspiration catheter. The Department of Vascular Surgery at the Puwan Campus performs the same types of surgical procedures as the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University. Its diagnostic and treatment services mainly cover various lower-extremity arterial diseases, great saphenous vein varicosities, lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis, and various aortic diseases. The department has mastered advanced domestic technical concepts and approaches and performs surgery for various complex, critically ill and emergency vascular surgery conditions. Multiple surgical techniques are at a leading level in Dalian and an advanced level domestically, while the scale of treatment and number of cases both rank first in Dalian. While upholding the advantages of traditional open vascular surgery, the Department of Vascular Surgery of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, as one of the outstanding centers for endovascular surgery in Liaoning and even Northeast China, has vigorously developed endovascular treatment techniques and actively carried out multibranch reconstruction techniques for complex aortic diseases. Open surgery and endovascular treatment complement and reinforce each other, greatly improving the success rate and safety of vascular surgery. In terms of multiple indicators, including surgical success and cure rates, it ranks among the highest in the three northeastern provinces of China. The scope of diagnosis and treatment covers various thoracic and abdominal aortic diseases, carotid artery diseases, peripheral arterial diseases, and various venous system diseases. It integrates surgical and endovascular treatment approaches, took the lead in establishing the Peripheral Vascular Disease Alliance, and advances the level of minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases throughout the province.