Orthopedics Ward 2

Orthopedics Ward 2 of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University specializes in joint replacement, revision joint replacement and sports medicine, averaging more than 600 operations annually. According to the hospital, it was an early adopter in the province of unicompartmental knee replacement and revision joint replacement, with good results. It also performs minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery for conditions of the knee, ankle, shoulder and elbow, with an emphasis on precise, functional and patient-centered treatment.

The department combines clinical care, teaching and research. It has one chief physician, two associate chief physicians, four attending physicians, one physician, one master’s supervisor and 33 designated beds.

Its staff have undertaken six provincial and two university research projects, obtained recognition for two provincial new technologies and two patents, published eight SCI-indexed papers with a highest impact factor of 8 and six papers in national core journals, and served as first chief editors of two monographs and contributors to two others. The department regularly teaches postgraduate and undergraduate students in various programs, residents in standardized training and visiting physicians. It has held several unicompartmental knee replacement training courses, which the hospital reports were well received in the province.