General Surgery Ward 4

Department of General Surgery IV was established in 2010 and is located on the 13th floor, Area A, of the surgical inpatient building. It currently has 45 available beds and 22 medical and nursing staff members, including 5 chief physicians, 2 deputy chief physicians, 3 attending physicians, and 1 resident physician; 2 hold doctoral degrees and 5 hold master's degrees; there are also 9 nurses-in-charge and 2 nurses. The average length of professional experience is more than 10 years; the staff have a solid grounding in basic theory and extensive clinical experience.

While completing routine general surgery procedures, the department actively advances subspecialization. Procedures performed include: ultrasound-guided minimally invasive rotary excision of benign breast tumors, surgical excision for gynecomastia in men, modified radical mastectomy for malignant breast tumors, breast-conserving surgery, axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy, axillary lymph node dissection, and breast reconstruction. Within the Harbin Medical University system, it was among the earlier departments to perform minimally invasive radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules, minimally invasive radiofrequency ablation of thyroid microcarcinomas, radical surgery for thyroid cancer, multifunction-preserving neck lymph node dissection involving the lateral cervical lymph nodes for thyroid cancer, intraoperative nerve monitoring (the recurrent laryngeal nerve, facial nerve, etc.), intraoperative nanocarbon tracing, and negative-contrast imaging techniques. Surgical treatment is provided for benign and malignant head and neck tumors (parotid tumors, submandibular gland tumors, thyroglossal duct cysts, etc.).

In the past 5 years, more than 10 high-level SCI articles have been published, among which the highest impact factor was greater than 6.

Teaching: The department has 3 supervisors for master's students, undertakes graduate student training, completes all undergraduate teaching tasks, and conducts standardized training for residents and specialist physicians. It has established the Heilongjiang Province Training Base for Minimally Invasive Treatment Technology for Thyroid and Breast Diseases.

The General Surgery IV Ward adheres to the principle of inviting expertise in and sending personnel out. It has established a Beijing–Tianjin–Shanghai joint talent development and training mechanism. It is intensifying talent cultivation. It is vigorously developing the thyroid and breast subspecialties. It has established joint studios with experts from nationally renowned specialty hospitals (Beijing Tongren Hospital—thyroid and head and neck diseases, Tianjin Cancer Hospital—breast and thyroid diseases). It provides a platform for patients within the province and nationally renowned experts, benefiting the people of Longjiang.