Zhu Yongjian, M.D., Ph.D.

Position:Vice Chair of Neurosurgery

Department:Neurosurgery

Medical School:Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China

Academic Rank:Chief Physician


Appointment

Clinical / Research Interests

Neurosurgical conditions involving the spinal cord;

Minimally invasive spinal surgery of intraspinal tumor;

Percutaneous endoscopic surgery for degenerative spinal disease.

Professional Highlights

Pioneered laminoplasty & spinal canal reconstruction surgery for patients with spinal tumor in China.

Surgical removal of intraspinal tumor through the interlaminar approach and achieving zero damage to the bone structure of spine.

Performed the first percutaneous endoscopic surgery for schwannoma in the cervical intervertebral foramina.

Performed the first minimally invasive surgery for intraspinal tumors in a pregnant woman under radiation free ultrasound-MRI fusion navigation.

Professional Appointments

Member, Youth Committee, Neurosurgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association

Member, Spinal Myelopathy Group, Neurosurgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association

Standing Committee Member, Neurosurgery Branch, Zhejiang Medical Association

Chief, Spine and Spinal Medicine Group, Neurosurgery Branch, Zhejiang Medical Association

Standing Committee Member, Spinal Cord Branch, World Chinese Neurosurgery Association

Member, International Spine Endoscopic Surgery Society

Education Experience

Research Summary

Publications

Ren YC, Zhao BJ, Xie ZY, Ying GY, Shen F, Zhu YJ. Flexible endoscope visualization to assist in the removal of a string of 10 schwannomas at the cauda equina: technical case report. J Neurosurg Spine, 2020;1-4.

Ying GY, Chang KS, Tang YJ, Cheng CY, Zhu YJ, Chen CM. Utilizing real-time contrast medium to detect the fistula of giant spinal arachnoid cyst and treat with minimal invasive surgery. BMC Surg. 2019 Jan 21;19(1):11. 

Tian-jian Liu, Fang Shen, Chao Zhang, Pin-tong Huang, Yong-Jian Zhu. Real-time ultrasound-MRI fusion image virtual navigation for locating intraspinal tumour in a pregnant woman, Eur Spine J. 2018 Jul;27(Suppl 3):436-439.

Guang-Yu Ying, Ying Yao, Fang Shen, Zong-Yang Wu, Chien-Min Chen, Yong-Jian Zhu. Percutaneous Endoscopic Removal of Cervical Foraminal Schwannoma via Interlaminar Approach: A Case Report. Operative Neurosurgery 14:E1–E5, 2018. 

Wu ZY, Zhu YJ, Chu L, Cheng CY, Chen CM, Hui-Ting H. Full-Endoscopic Transforaminal Approach for Removal of a Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma. World Neurosurg. 2017 Feb;98:883.e13-883.e20.

Ying Yao, Fang Shen, Aiqin Chen, Guangyu Ying, Yongjian Zhu. Percutaneous endoscopic removal of a residual foreign body at the orbital-cranial region after transorbital penetrating injury: a novel minimally invasive technique. Chinese Neurosurgical Journal, (2017) 3:38,1-4.

Ying GY, Yao Y, Shen F, Ren YC, Chen CM, Zhu YJ. Percutaneous Endoscopic Removal of a Lumbar Epidural Angiolipoma via Interlaminar Approach: A Technical Report. World Neurosurg. 2017;99:59-62. 

Wang C, Chen CM, Shen F, Fang XD, Ying GY, Ren YC, Yu DF, Zhu LL, Zhu YJ, Zhang JM. Microscope-assisted endoscopic interlaminar ligation of spinal arteriovenous fistulas: technical note. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Sep;25(3):394-7. 

Wang Z, Fei Y, Liu H, Zheng S, Ding Z, Jin W, Pan Y, Chen Z, Wang L, Chen G, Xu Z, Zhu Y, Yu Y. Effects of electromagnetic fields exposure on plasma hormonal and inflammatory pathway biomarkers in male workers of a power plant. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2016 Jan;89(1):33-42.

Peng D, Zhu Y. External drains versus no drains after burr-hole evacuation for the treatment of chronic subdural haematoma in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev.2016 Aug 31;(8):CD011402.

Zhu Y, Jin W, Liu H, Peng D, Ding, Tang Z, Zhu L, Yu Y. Effects of electromagnetic fields from mobile phones on depression and anxiety after titanium mesh cranioplasty among patients with traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj. 2016;30(1):66-73. 

Zhu YJ, Ying GY, Chen AQ, Wang LL, Yu DF, Zhu LL, Ren YC, Wang C, Wu PC, Yao Y, Shen F, Zhang JM. Minimally invasive removal of lumbar intradural extramedullary lesions using the interlaminar approach. Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Aug;39(2):E10. 

Yong-Jian Zhu, De-Qing Peng, Fang Shen, Lin-Lin Wang, Zhu-Xiao Tang and Jian-Min Zhang. Spontaneous thoracic ventral spinal subdural hematoma mimicking a tumoral lesion: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports (2015) 9:132-135.

Zhu Y, Hu J, Shen F, Shen H, Liu W, Zhang J. The cytotoxic effect of β-elemene against malignant glioma is enhanced by base-excision repair inhibitor methoxyamine. J Neurooncol. 2013 Jul;113(3):375-84.

YongJian Zhu, Jue Hu, Yiduo Hu, Weiguo Liu. Targeting DNA repair pathways: A novel approach to reduce cancer therapeutic resistance. Cancer Treat Rev (2009), Volume 35, Issue 7, November 2009, Pages 590-596. 

Y Zhu, F Gao, W Liu, et al. The Effect of Microwave Emission from Mobile Phones on Neuron Survival in Rat Central Nervous System. Progress in Electromagnetics Research, PIER 82, 287-298, 2008.

Yongjian Zhu, Xiangdong Zhu, Hong Shen, et al.  A Multivariate Analysis of the Prognostic Factors of grade III gliomas, Chinese Medical Journal 2008;121(12) :1072-1075.


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