Ureteral stricture disease is a general term for ureteral lumen stenosis or atresia, which caused by congenital dysplasia, iatrogenic injury, impacted residual ureteral stones, tumor radiotherapy or other reasons. It leads to varying degrees of hydronephrosis or impaired renal function on the affected side. The management of long, complex proximal ureteral strictures is challenging in clinical ...

An ultra-small, maglev centrifugal artificial heart was transplanted into a 58-year-old patient with terminal heart disease by a team of multi-disciplinary experts led by Prof. Dong Nianguo from Cardiovascular Surgery Dept., in Wuhan Union Hospital, marking the 12th case of artificial heart implantation conducted by our hospital.The maglev artificial heart, or Corheart 6 left ventricular assist...

Intervertebral disc degeneration is the pathological basis of various degenerative spinal diseases, bringing huge burden and chronic pain to a large number of patients. However, the effective treatment strategies are still missing. Recently, research team of Professor Cao Yang at Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital discovered the new mechanism of intervertebral disc degeneration and deve...

On March 7, the association standard "Requirements of Pathological Datasets for Assisted Diagnosis of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)" (Standard Number: T/CSBME 051-2022) was officially published on the National Association Standard Information Platform. This association standard specifies the requirements of pathological dataset design, sample collection and processing, data collection, dat...

In the morning of March 8, the Union Hospital 2022 International Women’s Day cultural activity “Reading · Happiness” was held as scheduled.Union Hospital “2020-2021 Female Work Star” Awarding CeremonyOn the occasion of the 112th International Women’s Day, Prof. Zhang Yu, Chair of the Hospital Committee, brought flowers and warm wishes to all female staff. He said that female staff play an...

On January 6th, the results of the first “Zhong Nanshan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award” were officially announced. Ten young scientific and technological practitioners in the fields of health care and life science across China won the honor. Prof. Wang Lin of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was one of the awardees.The “Zho...

Union Hospital accomplished successful application of CAR T-cell therapy on the 300th patient of refractory/recurrent hematological malignancies. “The overall remission rate approximated 90%”, Prof. Hu Yu, head of the CAR T-cell therapy team, introduced.Mr. Wu (pseudonym), 68 years old, is the 300th patient of refractory/recurrent hematological malignancies who received the CAR T-cell therapy...