Lu Wei
PhD in Orthopedics- Chief Physician
- Professor
- Doctoral Supervisor
Specialty: Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Languages: English · Mandarin
Conditions Treated
- Rotator Cuff Tears
- Recurrent Shoulder Instability
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Shoulder Cartilage Injury
- Complex Shoulder Disorders
- Knee Sports Injuries
- Major Joint Sports Injuries
- Chronic Ankle Instability
Procedures
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
- Arthroscopic Latarjet Procedure
- Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
- Anterior Talofibular Ligament Reconstruction
- Cartilage Repair
Expertise
Professor Wei Lu is a sports-medicine and arthroscopy specialist known for the management of complex shoulder and major-joint injuries. His expertise includes massive or irreparable rotator-cuff tears, recurrent shoulder instability, cartilage injury, complex shoulder disorders and reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Advanced training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center under Professor Freddie Fu, followed by further international study, strengthened his approach to minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery. He has helped develop modern sports-medicine programs and arthroscopy training in South China, with an emphasis on joint preservation, functional recovery and individualized surgical planning.
Experience
- Standing Committee Member and Chair, Shoulder Subgroup, Chinese Society of Sports Medicine
- Standing Committee Member and Vice Chair, Upper-Extremity Subgroup, Chinese Medical
- Doctor Association Sports Medicine Branch
- Director, Guangdong Sports Medicine Engineering and Technology Center
- Chair, Sports Medicine Branch, Shenzhen Medical Association
Research & Publications
- Modified arthroscopic suture-button Latarjet procedure for recurrent anterior shoulder instability: 9-year minimum follow-up Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2026.
- Application of LU-tarjet congruent-arc technique in treatment of recurrent shoulder dislocation with huge glenoid defect Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2024.
- Socket-Anchor Technique for 3-Portal All-Inside Arthroscopic Anterior Talofibular Ligament Reconstruction Using Allograft Tendon Arthroscopy Techniques, 2023.
- Modified Arthroscopic Latarjet Procedure: Suture-Button Fixation Achieves Excellent Remodeling at 3-Year Follow-up American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020.
- Placement of Double Tunnels in ACL Reconstruction Using Bony Landmarks Versus Existing Footprint Remnant American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2015.
- Femoral footprint variation of the posterolateral bundle of the anterior cruciate ligament and double-bundle reconstruction The Knee, 2015.
Locations
Shenzhen Qianhai Taikang Hospital
No. 3099 Menghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518052, China Get directions