Vascular Surgery

The Department of Vascular Surgery of the Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Shandong First Medical University was established in 2001. After more than 20 years of rapid development, it has now become one of the largest specialized vascular surgery departments in Shandong Province and the surrounding provinces. It is currently a National Key Clinical Specialty, a training base for peripheral vascular disease diagnosis and treatment designated by the National Health Commission, a vascular surgeon training base of the Shandong Medical Doctor Association, a key discipline of Shandong Province, a distinctive high-quality clinical specialty of Shandong Province, the chairing institution of the Vascular Surgery Branch of the Shandong Medical Association, the chairing institution of the Vascular Surgery Branch of the Shandong Medical Doctor Association, and a standard base for surgical diagnosis, treatment, and training of carotid atherosclerotic stenosis under the China Stroke Specialty Alliance. The Central Campus and the Olympic Sports Campus each currently have an independent inpatient ward, with a total of 100 authorized beds. There are currently 29 specialized physicians, including 5 professors and doctoral supervisors, 8 master's supervisors, 9 chief physicians, 8 associate chief physicians, 27 physicians with doctoral degrees, and 8 physicians who have returned from visiting studies abroad. There are currently 36 nursing staff members, including 5 nurses with master's degrees and 31 nurses with bachelor's degrees. Over the past 5 years, the department has led 7 National Natural Science Foundation projects and 20 provincial-level research projects, and has received 1 Shandong Province Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Award. More than 100 papers have been published in international journals and the Chinese Medical Journal series. Relying on professional medical and high-quality nursing teams, the department provides patients with comprehensive, high-quality medical and nursing services.

In terms of discipline development, the department has always been firmly committed to a high starting point, high standards, and a high level, actively exploring and boldly innovating in talent development, scientific research and teaching, clinical technology, and other areas, and has embarked on a new path of scientific development. Since the establishment of the Department of Vascular Surgery, its medical service capacity has continuously improved. By 2020, it had treated more than 2,000 patients and performed more than 3,000 operations; in 2025, the number of operations exceeded 4,500. The Department of Vascular Surgery of Shandong Provincial Hospital treats primary vascular diseases and vascular injuries through open surgery and endovascular treatment. It gives equal emphasis to open and endovascular approaches and combines them organically, striving to achieve minimally invasive treatment and low costs while ensuring the best therapeutic outcomes. For complex aortic diseases, including infectious aortic diseases and reintervention after aortic stent procedures, the department has achieved flexible application and organic integration of endovascular treatment and open surgery. Techniques for reconstructing visceral and supra-aortic branches have matured. It is one of the few institutions in the province capable of independently and maturely performing open surgery for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, reaching a domestically leading and internationally advanced level. It has ranked among the national top ten for 7 consecutive years in the China Hospital Internet Influence Rankings.

To promote the rapid and scientific development of vascular surgery in Shandong Province, the department has, to date, continuously held 14 editions of the “Shandong (Taishan) Great Vessel Surgery Academic Forum and Academic Conference of the Vascular Surgery Branch of the Shandong Medical Doctor Association” and the “Advanced Training Course on Endovascular Aortic Treatment and Belt and Road Vascular Forum.” More than 30 vascular surgeon training courses and study programs of various kinds have been held, training more than 500 participants and educating 80 master's and doctoral students. As a National Key Clinical Specialty, the department is committed to building the ultimate diagnosis and treatment center for difficult vascular diseases in Shandong Province. The department has now become an all-day receiving base for the diagnosis and treatment of various complex vascular diseases using multiple approaches, including endovascular, open, and hybrid techniques.

The diseases for which the current diagnostic and treatment capabilities are at a leading level nationally and within the province are as follows:

(1) Thoracic aortic aneurysm, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute aortic dissection, chronic dissecting aortic aneurysm, carotid artery aneurysm, aneurysms of the arteries of the limbs, visceral artery aneurysm, carotid body tumor, multiple Takayasu arteritis, etc.

(2) Arterial occlusive diseases, acute arterial embolism, carotid artery stenotic and occlusive lesions, renal artery stenosis, mesenteric arterial and venous thrombosis, acute intestinal ischemia, thromboangiitis obliterans, etc.

(3) Budd–Chiari syndrome, superior and inferior vena cava syndromes, pulmonary embolism, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, Cockett syndrome, chronic venous insufficiency, varicose veins of the lower limbs, deep vein thrombosis, post-thrombotic syndrome, nutcracker syndrome, etc.

(4) Congenital vascular malformations, arteriovenous fistula, limb hemangioma, implantation and removal of infusion ports, and management of complications, etc.