Urology Ward I

The Department of Urology of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University is a specialized department integrating medical care, scientific research, and teaching. It ranks among the leading institutions in China in the treatment of urinary system tumors, urinary system stones, and prostate diseases. It is an authorized postdoctoral, doctoral, and master's degree training unit; a specialist physician training base recognized by the Ministry of Health; a China-Russia Urology Holmium Laser Training Base; the Heilongjiang Provincial Minimally Invasive Urological Treatment Center; and the initiating institution of the Heilongjiang Provincial Urology Specialty Alliance. It has been designated as the China-Russia Institute of Urology, has been awarded the title of “Advanced Medical Department” of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University for many consecutive years, and has been designated as a key department.

The department comprehensively performs minimally invasive endoluminal treatment for urinary system diseases. It was the first in the province to introduce the fourth-generation da Vinci robot, and has now carried out minimally invasive surgical treatment for almost all urinary system diseases. For example: it successfully performed the first robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy in the province; it was the first in the province to perform robot-assisted laparoscopic anatomical radical prostatectomy; and it has achieved good results in postoperative urinary continence and preservation of sexual function in patients with prostate cancer. The number of cases of holmium laser treatment of renal and ureteral stones under flexible ureteroscopy ranks first in the province, and it was the first in the province to perform transurethral holmium laser enucleation of the prostate. It also successfully completed the first robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, pyeloplasty, and radical surgery for renal pelvic cancer and ureteral cancer in Heilongjiang Province. It performs percutaneous nephrolithotomy for complex renal stones, staghorn calculi, and other conditions. The department regularly conducts academic conferences in the province, including prostate biopsy training courses, minimally invasive treatment study courses for urinary system stones, and “hands-on” laparoscopic animal-experiment training courses.