Medical Frontier: Breakthroughs from Chinese Hospitals – Page 9

Medical Frontiers

Breakthroughs, new diagnostics and complex procedures reported by Chinese hospitals.

All stories International patient stories (11) Oncology (35) Neurology & neurosurgery (26) Cardiology & heart surgery (14) Rare & hard-to-treat diseases (48) Orthopedics & sports medicine (3) Endocrine (1) Infectious disease (1) ENT & hearing (1) Organ failure & transplant (6) Rheumatology & immunology (1) Eye (2)

138 stories

Neurology & neurosurgery2025-11-13

Jiangsu's First Brain-Computer Interface Ward Unveiled in Nanjing

The General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command established Jiangsu's first brain-computer interface clinical research ward and completed the province's first semi-invasive BCI clinical research surgery for functional recovery in a high cervical spinal cord injury patient. The patient's right hand function improved postoperatively.

Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University

Oncology2025-11-04

190th Anniversary: China's First Western Hospital Inherits Legacy and Starts New Chapter

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital celebrated its 190th anniversary, highlighting 17 national clinical key specialties and pioneering achievements including the world's first total laparoscopic liver transplantation, nanosecond pulse ablation, tumor ecology theory, and a National Natural Science Foundation basic science center.

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

World's First Remote Robotic Subretinal Injection Surgery Successfully Implemented

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Rare & hard-to-treat diseases2025-11-02

World's First Remote Robotic Subretinal Injection Surgery Successfully Implemented

Led by Lin Haotian's team, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center used a domestic 5G ophthalmic surgical robot to complete the world's first micron-level remote subretinal injection spanning 4200 km from Guangzhou to Urumqi. This breakthrough advances remote high-precision ophthalmic surgery to practical application.

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

Rare & hard-to-treat diseases2025-10-29

In Vivo CAR-T Therapy SNC116 Completes First Patient Enrollment

Shenogen Biotechnology's in vivo CAR-T product SNC116 targeting CD19 initiated clinical research at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and completed enrollment of the first patient. It aims to solve accessibility issues associated with traditional CAR-T therapies.

Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

World's First Cross-Border Remote Robot-Assisted Cardiac Intervention Completed in Xiamen

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Rare & hard-to-treat diseasesInternational patient story2025-10-29

World's First Cross-Border Remote Robot-Assisted Cardiac Intervention Completed in Xiamen

Chinese and French experts collaborated via remote control platform to complete robot-assisted TEER, resulting in near-zero mitral regurgitation with the patient discharged. The procedure validated the feasibility and safety of remote precision control in real clinical settings.

The Affiliated Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University

Organ failure & transplant2025-10-28

Shanghai's First! Shanghai General Hospital Successfully Performs Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplant

The Department of Urology and Kidney Transplantation completed Shanghai's first da Vinci robot-assisted kidney transplant surgery, with blood loss under 50ml. The patient recovered rapidly, with quickly declining creatinine levels, and was discharged after two weeks.

Shanghai General Hospital

Endocrine2025-10-27

Li Qingfeng Team from Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Achieves World's First Cross-Germ Layer Adipose Regeneration

The team published a paper in Engineering magazine pioneering direct tissue reprogramming technology that directly differentiates adult adipose tissue into functional islet-like organoids and neural-like tissues, opening new paths for regenerative therapies for diabetes and other diseases.

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Cardiology & heart surgery2025-10-22

18+5! Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center Achieves New Breakthrough in Clinical High-Tech, Major and Specialty Technology Projects

The center was approved for multiple clinical high-tech, major and specialty technology projects, including construction of a full-process quality improvement system for pediatric heart transplantation and application of autologous right atrial appendage in pulmonary valve reconstruction (first in China to perform 30 cases, national leader). This drives breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment of complex critical illnesses.

Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center

Oncology2025-10-22

World's First Digital Intelligent One-Stop 5D Respiratory Interventional Operating Room Put into Use

The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University has put into use the world's first digital intelligent one-stop 5D respiratory interventional operating room. It integrates multi-pathway intervention and multidisciplinary collaboration, greatly enhancing diagnostic and treatment capabilities for complex airway diseases, early lung cancer, pulmonary nodules and other critical illnesses.

The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

Rare & hard-to-treat diseases2025-10-15

Robotic "Threading the Needle" Resolves Patient's Blindness Threat

Liang Guobiao's team pioneered robot-assisted transorbital venous puncture embolization, completing the world's first treatment of complex dural arteriovenous fistula with improved patient vision.

General Hospital of Northern Theater Command

Neurology & neurosurgery2025-10-13

World's First! Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Successfully Conducts Targeted BCMA Universal CAR-T Cell Therapy for NMOSD

Wu Wencan's team completed the world's first universal CAR-T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory NMOSD. The patient showed improved vision and discontinued steroids, confirming the therapy's safety and feasibility while providing a new option for similar optic nerve immune diseases.

The Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

Oncology2025-10-05

AI+AR Navigation! Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital Technology Further Expands Precision Treatment Boundaries

Professor Chen Liang's thoracic surgery team successfully performed the nation's first AI+AR navigation lung nodule puncture localization combined with 3D-CTBA fluorescence thoracoscopic pulmonary subsegmentectomy. This further advances precise lung cancer diagnosis and treatment technologies.

Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital