Department of Urology, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital

The Department of Urology of Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital currently has 29 medical and nursing staff, with 41 open inpatient beds. The team comprises 3 High-level Talents of Longhua District, 1 Chief Physician, 4 Associate Chief Physicians, 4 doctoral degree holders, and 6 master's degree holders. The department runs a Urology Specialist Expert Clinic, General Urology Outpatient Clinic, Andrology Clinic, Specialty Diagnosis and Treatment Room, Lithotripsy Center, and Inpatient Ward.

In 2013, the department was accredited as a Shenzhen Key Medical Discipline (Under Construction). In 2014, it was designated as a Key Discipline of Guangdong Medical University. It has developed into a renowned regional brand specialty in Shenzhen, with a rationally structured talent echelon, superb clinical expertise, state-of-the-art medical equipment, and first-class patient care services.

The department specializes in the full spectrum of minimally invasive urological techniques, with core surgical procedures including:

Laparoscopic and retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery: single-port laparoscopic ureterolithotomy, retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for renal cancer, adrenal tumor resection, partial nephrectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND), and pyeloplasty;

Transurethral endoscopic surgery: transurethral enucleation of the prostate (TUERP) and transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT);

Endourological stone surgery: percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and ureteroscopic lithotripsy with stone extraction;

Continence surgery: transobturator tape inside-out (TVT-O) procedure for stress urinary incontinence (SUI);

Andrological microsurgery: microsurgical varicocelectomy.

The department performs more than 1,000 surgical procedures annually, with endoscopic and laparoscopic surgeries accounting for over 85% of the total. These minimally invasive procedures deliver significant clinical benefits, including no large surgical incisions, minimal tissue trauma, mild postoperative pain, and minimal intraoperative bleeding.