The Department of Neurosurgery of Liaocheng Second People's Hospital has been established for more than 30 years, and has developed into a key clinical department integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research and health education. The Department of Neurosurgery has been attaching importance to the cultivation of talents and the construction of disciplinary echelon for many years, and now has a medical team with reasonable structure and level, and now has three wards, including Neurosurgery Ward I, Neurosurgery Ward II and Neurological Intensive Care Unit, as well as a microsurgery training centre. It has 3 wards, Neurosurgery Ward 1, Neurosurgery Ward 2 and Neurological Intensive Care Unit, and 1 microsurgery training centre. It contains the sub-specialties of neurovascular, neuro-oncology, functional neurosurgery, spinal cord, cranio-cerebral trauma, and neurocritical care. There are 5 chief physicians, 5 deputy chief physicians, 2 master's degree supervisors, 1 doctoral degree, more than 10 master's degrees, and a group of clinical medical and nursing teams with high professional quality and strong business ability, and strong technical force. Long-term exchanges and cooperation with Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Beijing Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing 301 Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Shandong Qilu Hospital, Shandong Provincial Hospital and many other hospitals, selecting and sending personnel to the U.S. Hopkins Hospital, the Japanese Tokushukai Kamakura Comprehensive Hospital to study.

    The Second People's Hospital of Liaocheng City, as an advanced stroke centre, has reached the domestic advanced level in neurosurgical cerebrovascular diagnosis and treatment, including hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease (intracranial aneurysm, cerebrovascular malformation, dural arteriovenous fistulae, and various kinds of cerebral hemorrhage, etc.), ischemic cerebrovascular disease (severe stenosis of the carotid artery, severe stenosis of the vertebral artery, severe stenosis or occlusion of the intracranial arteries, smog, etc.), and minimally invasive endovascular intervention for intracranial aneurysm. Minimally invasive endovascular intervention for intracranial aneurysm: embolisation/craniotomy, minimally invasive intervention for cerebrovascular malformation: embolisation/craniectomy, carotid endarterectomy, vertebral endarterectomy, intra- and extracranial artery bypass grafting, and composite surgery to open up the intra- and extracranial arterial occlusion are at the leading level in the surrounding counties and cities. Neurological tumours (glioma, pituitary tumour, meningioma, acoustic neuroma, etc.), functional neurosurgery (facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, paediatric cerebral palsy, etc.), spine and spinal cord (intravertebral tumour, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, spinal cavernosis, spinal fracture, etc.), severe cranio-cerebral trauma and other subspecialties are developing rapidly, and they have accumulated a wealth of clinical experience, which has reached the domestic advanced level. The department has published many papers in the Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery and other core journals, and has undertaken a number of municipal scientific research projects and won scientific and technological progress awards. Many specialists in the department hold the positions of vice-chairman and members of national, provincial and municipal academic committees.

    The Department of Neurosurgery has a good academic atmosphere, constantly learns advanced diagnosis and treatment techniques at home and abroad, and strives to develop and build up various subspecialties, so as to strive for speciality and expertise. The Department of Neurosurgery has always been based on exquisite technology, high medical ethics and quality service, treating every patient with ‘love, patience, care and responsibility’, providing quality service for patients wholeheartedly, and escorting the health of the general public!