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Hospital NewsA 35-year-old man's acoustic neuroma hemorrhaged unexpectedly. Tongji Hospital's neurosurgery team removed the entire tumor using a sub-fascicular microsurgical technique — preserving both hearing and facial nerve function completely.
Hospital NewsPeking Union Medical College Hospital launched a dedicated refractive surgery program with expedited scheduling, weekend clinics, and priority access — demonstrating the efficiency international patients can expect from China's top eye center.
Hospital NewsXJTU First Affiliated Hospital's Lugang campus deployed a robotic navigation system for pinpoint screw fixation in a femoral neck fracture — expanding smart orthopedics from spine to trauma.
Hospital NewsPeking Union Medical College Hospital's cardiac surgery team published high-level evidence in JAHA resolving a decades-old clinical dilemma — when to operate on infective endocarditis patients with brain complications.
Hospital NewsWest China Hospital performed China's first combined transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement with balloon-assisted leaflet displacement — solving a problem that would have required risky repeat open-heart surgery.
Hospital NewsAn elderly Taiwanese traveler suffered a devastating hip fracture while visiting Wudang Mountain. Wuhan Union Hospital performed a 40-minute minimally invasive hip replacement — she was standing the next morning.
Hospital NewsA young patient with dangerously uncontrollable blood pressure was found to have multiple paragangliomas. Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital removed all tumors laparoscopically in one session.
Hospital NewsXi'an Jiaotong University First Affiliated Hospital's gene therapy trial achieved a 96% LDL reduction in familial hypercholesterolemia patients with a single IV infusion — results published in Nature Medicine.
Patient StoryA 70-year-old man from Kyrgyzstan traveled to Xi'an for CAR-T cell therapy after 8 years of fighting multiple myeloma. He achieved complete remission — and celebrated his birthday cancer-free.
Hospital NewsA 30-year-old woman diagnosed with acute leukemia during pregnancy delivered a healthy full-term baby at Tongji Hospital — thanks to a rare dual treatment strategy.
Hospital NewsSurgeons at Xi'an Jiaotong University First Affiliated Hospital used magnetic compression to reconnect a severed pancreatic duct — avoiding reopening the abdomen entirely.
Hospital NewsSurgeons at Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital performed a kidney transplant on a 6kg infant with renal failure — pushing the boundaries of what's possible in pediatric organ transplantation.
Hospital NewsA 68-year-old woman suffered simultaneous brain hemorrhage and stroke. Zhongshan Hospital's neurosurgery team resolved both in a single 1-hour procedure using a flow-diverting stent.
Hospital NewsPeking Union Medical College Hospital pioneered a bent-needle vitreous lavage technique — a 2-minute procedure under local anesthesia that treats post-surgical eye bleeding without reopening the eye.
