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PUMCH completed a landmark combined procedure — implanting a left ventricular assist device (artificial heart) while simultaneously embolizing a cerebral aneurysm — defusing two life-threatening conditions in a single operation.
XJTU First Affiliated Hospital's interventional radiology team used CT-guided stereotactic techniques to precisely target and treat brain tumors — offering a minimally invasive alternative for patients who cannot undergo open craniotomy.
Tangdu Hospital deployed irreversible electroporation (NanoKnife) to ablate tumors located near vital blood vessels and bile ducts — destroying cancer cells with electrical pulses while preserving the surrounding structures that other ablation methods would damage.
A 35-year-old man developed a life-threatening aortoesophageal fistula after aortic dissection surgery. PUMCH's 7-department team performed two staged operations over 50 days to rebuild his aorta and esophagus — defying a condition with 85%+ mortality.
A 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.
XJTU First Affiliated Hospital's Lugang campus completed its first photodynamic therapy delivered through a cholangioscope — using targeted light energy to destroy bile duct tumors from the inside without open surgery.
Peking 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.
XJTU 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.
Peking 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.
West 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.
An 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.
A 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.
Xi'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.
A 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.
