Surgery Godfather-Chapter 473 - 430: Breaking Through Each One - Part 2

"This is Director Zhang Zhenglong of the Political Work Department, this is Professor Lei Zhengguo, this is Professor Wang Wei---"

After Professor Qin introduced himself, he introduced each team member one by one, and each person who was introduced immediately performed a standard military salute.

Seeing the envious looks from everyone, Professor Qin smiled in satisfaction. It was exactly the reaction he wanted.

For professors engaged in clinical work, their main concerns are the current patients in their care and the surgeries performed. Hence, ward rounds are inevitable during any visit.

After making rounds and looking at the cases here, all of which involved high-risk, high-degree-of-difficulty patients, Professor Qin couldn’t help but worry.

Not to mention the other patients, even for those with scoliosis, if they were in Hospital 301, and Professor Qin himself was the Chief Surgeon, he might not dare to perform surgery.

The last case was one Professor Qin was very familiar with. The patient was an eighteen-year-old male who had been discussed within the department at Hospital 301. It was a multi-disciplinary collaboration which involved a long discussion among the Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, and General Surgery departments.

After correcting the scoliosis, the issue of how to deal with the displaced and deformed internal organs arose. Everything inside was currently a mess, and the situation was delicate; a single move during surgery could affect the entire body. The final conclusion was to give up the operation.

Not all patients can be treated, not all patients can be operated on.

It was a complete coincidence that this patient came to seek help from Yang Ping.

"Are you planning to perform surgery? What is the surgical plan?" Professor Qin asked briefly and clearly.

Yang Ping’s answer was simple: "Correct the scoliosis and carry out correction on the displaced, deformed internal organs!"

"Who will perform the internal organ surgery for the heart and hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery?" Professor Qin continued to ask.

Medicine is serious; it cannot rely solely on passion.

Just taking the heart into account, that’s already at the level of Anzhen Fuwai. The Thoracic Surgery department of Sanbo Hospital does not meet this requirement.

"I will be the Chief Surgeon!"

"You?"

Professor Qin was shocked. An orthopedic surgeon performing heart surgery - what a joke!

"We will soon put up the sign of the Surgical Research Institute here!" Dean Xia hurriedly explained. When most people hear about Yang Ping’s cross-specialty surgery, they would have doubts, as it’s a normal reaction.

Professor Qin came back to his senses and nodded.

Surgery requires the accumulation of experience, and there are no shortcuts. They dare to let Yang Ping handle this kind of cross-specialty surgery?

However, thinking about it, it did make sense. For that tumor surgery on the cervical spine that Yang Ping performed, Academician Feng Tiancheng noticed that the tumor involved the medulla oblongata. The surgery for tumors of the medulla oblongata should technically be neurosurgery, yet he managed it all by himself.

However, as the upper spinal cord and the medulla oblongata are anatomically continuous, a surgeon treating an upper neck tumor implicating a medulla oblongata tumor is actually within the purview of neurosurgeons in Europe and America, so it’s not surprising.

As for Yang Ping’s show of interventional techniques in the US, it’s normal for trauma surgeons dealing with pelvic fractures to master interventional techniques for hemostasis in some individual cases. Therefore, mastering interventional skills is not strange either.

As for crossing from orthopedics to heart, or to hepatobiliary and pancreas, it’s very rare across the world, and those one or two instances cannot be imitated.

Take a Swiss surgeon for instance, who was an authority in trauma surgery, general surgery, neurosurgery, urological surgery, and gynecology and obstetrics. This person not only mastered multiple disciplines, but also won a Nobel Prize.

The Charité Hospital affiliated with Charité Medical College in Germany also has such a top talent. Starting with trauma surgery and becoming world’s top, then getting bored and moving to orthopedic surgery, he accidentally became world’s top in that too. Tired of orthopedics, he felt like exploring oncology next. After some studying, he again rose to the top in the field. Attending various top international academic conferences as an authority, people are unclear about which specialty he belongs to. He has textbooks in several specializations, all of which are classics. Unaware people might think they are written by people having same names.

Such extraordinary people are rare in the world and cannot be imitated.

In China, we stress that everyone has their own specialized field. No matter how much we value talent, we should not act so recklessly.

Professor Qin felt that Dean Xia’s excessive doting on the young was dangerous.

Young people need guidance and help, and they can’t be left to their whims. This would in fact ruin them, making them haphazard and ultimately unproductive.

Furthermore, if this continues, there will be trouble. Once it happens, it will harm the young people.

Like when a girl is choosing a partner, parents must help provide advice and proper guidance. For evidently wrong choices, some intervention is necessary, otherwise one can easily go astray and wreck their entire life.

The misuse of talent like this is a complete waste.

Director Zhang Zhenglong was somewhat discontented with Dean Xia. It was understandable to set up an orthopedics research institute, but what was the meaning behind setting up a surgical research institute?

Let’s not interfere with others’ affairs and focus on this case.

The orthopedic professors were all interested in how Yang Ping was going to perform the operation. Director Han, seeing their high enthusiasm, said: "Xiao Yang, why don’t you explain it to everyone?"

Bao Yulou, accompanied by his wife and children, personally delivered an apology letter. Dean Xia was too busy, so Dean Sun received them. Dean Sun led the Bao family towards the comprehensive orthopedics department to wait for Dean Xia and Dr. Yang to be available so they could meet.

After a lengthy detour to the United States, Bao Junhao and his mother have become thoroughly obedient. After returning to China, they saw that Luo Jin was even more severely injured than Bao Junhao, and had already started to compete again. The outcome of an athlete’s surgery could be determined by just a few laps on the field, void of any other tests.

In the United States, Yang Ping was treated like a teacher by Robert. Seeing Robert’s respectful demeanor, Bao Junhao had been wholeheartedly scared, afraid of becoming disabled.

Everyone has something they’re afraid of, and for the rich, their greatest fear is having health issues.

Bao Yulou knew that Yang Ping was busy but insisted on seeing him, even if it was just waving from a distance without disturbing him would work. This way, his sincerity was expressed, and everything else could be taken care of later.

"A few esteemed professors from the 301 Hospital came over today, they are currently visiting and exchanging views in the comprehensive orthopedics department, so both Dean Xia and Dr. Yang are quite busy," Dean Sun explained to Bao Yulou.

Dean Sun, being a smooth operator and worldly-wise, made sure to approach these important figures, regardless of their field.

"It’s no problem, we just need to catch a glimpse." Bao Yulou simply wanted to say hello, as long as Dr. Yang knew they had visited.

They still had to sign an agreement and make a donation, after all.

"301? Last time Old Wan was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer, he wanted to be admitted to the 301 Hospital for surgery but couldn’t get in. Do you know how he’s doing now?" Even Mrs. Bao was familiar with the 301 Hospital.

Bao Yulou replied, "That hospital doesn’t admit anyone just because they have money. It wasn’t until we found a senior official in Beijing to intervene on their behalf, that he was given a bed."

The standing of 301 in China is something those at their level certainly know about.

While chatting about this, they arrived at the comprehensive orthopedics department. They inquired the nurses’ station and found that everyone was in the doctors’ office.

Dean Sun led the Bao family to the doctors’ office, just as they approached the entrance.

The room was full of officers, all gathered around Yang Ping while he lectured in front of the electronic screen for viewing film.

The officers were listening very carefully, occasionally asking questions in the manner of a student. Yang Ping would then answer them, and some still didn’t seem to understand after his explanation.

Is Dr. Yang lecturing them?

Bao Yulou was stunned for a moment. He understood the symbols on those people’s shoulders a bit - their ranks were not low.

Professors in such a hospital generally associate with high-level officials. Now they were gathered around Yang Ping, their eyes filled with respect, like students.

Sweat broke out on Bao Yulou’s back, realizing the true nature of Yang’s prestige. It was truly dangerous!

Mrs. Bao also seemed to discern something, and began to feel a sudden wave of fear wash over her.