General Surgery Ward I

The Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Liver Transplantation Center, and Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment Center (General Surgery Ward 1) has strong technical capabilities and extensive experience. Under the leadership of Professor Cui Yunfu, the current Director of General Surgery at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Chairman of the General Surgery Committee of the Heilongjiang Medical Association, an overseas-returned scholar, and a renowned hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery expert, the department adheres to the path of specialization, strives for progress, and has the courage to innovate, successively carrying out a variety of surgical procedures at the internationally advanced level. At present, it routinely performs a variety of hepatobiliary and pancreatic procedures representing internationally advanced standards, such as: precise resection of giant hepatocellular carcinoma (preoperative and postoperative interventional treatment, intraoperative ultrasound, the Belghiti hanging maneuver, methylene blue staining, and other techniques), re-resection of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma, and staged/simultaneous radical resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases; radical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma combined with liver and caudate lobe resection (preoperative PTCD, resection and reconstruction of involved vessels, portal vein arterialization, and other techniques), radical resection of gallbladder carcinoma, hepatopancreatoduodenectomy (HPD), bile duct injury repair, and multiple biliary tract surgeries; radical resection of pancreatic head carcinoma (arterial approach, mesenteric root approach, uncinate process-first resection, resection and reconstruction of involved vessels, pancreaticogastric binding reconstruction, and other techniques), resection of pancreatic body and tail carcinoma combined with common hepatic artery resection (DP-CAR), and total pancreatectomy. The department has accumulated extensive experience in laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery (cholecystectomy, fenestration of hepatic cysts, resection of liver tumors, and resection of pancreatic body and tail tumors), giant retroperitoneal tumors, portal hypertension, and the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors. More than 1,000 complex general surgery operations are performed annually. For many consecutive years, the department has received awards and praise from the hospital, the provincial health department, and relevant domestic academic organizations.

“Putting patients’ needs first, putting people at the center, and providing meticulous medical care” is the department’s medical motto. Led by Head Nurse Liu Yueping, the nursing team provides patients with attentive services and meticulous care.