Central Campus Ward

Ward 1 of Urology at Shandong Provincial Hospital's Central Campus comprises kidney transplantation and general urology. Kidney transplantation began in 1978; the hospital describes itself as an early provincial provider. The transplant department opened in March 2010 and has 35 beds, eight physicians and 12 nurses, including three chief and three associate chief physicians. One member is vice-chair of the Shandong Medical Association organ transplantation branch and another vice-chair of the Shandong Medical Doctor Association transplant physician branch. It performs kidney transplantation after deceased donation, living related-donor, pediatric and autologous transplantation. Techniques include laparoscopic living related-donor nephrectomy, ABO-incompatible living related transplantation and autotransplantation for complex renal vascular malformations using the great saphenous vein to replace renal vessels. The department reports over 150 transplants annually and describes its success and quality as nationally leading. General urology is a provincial key clinical specialty and a doctoral and master's training site for Shandong University and Shandong First Medical University. It holds vice-chair positions in the Shandong Medical Doctor Association’s urology and urologic oncology branches, the Shandong Anti-Cancer Association’s urology and urologic-male reproductive oncology branches, and the urology committee of the Shandong Gerontology and Geriatrics Society. The team has six chief, two associate chief and one attending physician. A cystoscopy room and lithotripsy room support urologic oncology, stones, prostate disease, andrology, continence and pelvic-floor care. The department performs laparoscopic and natural-orifice endoscopic surgery, laser lithotripsy and prostate biopsy. It reports early development of renal angiomyolipoma diagnostic criteria, transurethral thulium laser prostate enucleation and nephron-sparing partial nephrectomy. Its experience includes repair of long ureteric strictures, totally endoscopic radical nephrectomy with removal of level II/III tumor thrombus, complex laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder, radical prostatectomy, removal of large retroperitoneal tumors and pelvic lipomatosis. It reports the province's first prostate cancer brachytherapy and early use of immune checkpoint inhibitors as adjunct treatment for kidney and urothelial cancers and advanced urologic malignancies. The team reports nearly ten national natural science and provincial key R&D projects, over 100 SCI-indexed papers, 13 provincial or ministerial awards and more than 20 edited or contributed books. The ward emphasizes individualized, continuous patient-centered nursing.