godfather of surgery

Chapter 1126 A Quite Conscious Comrade

The removed bone flap is sent to a sterile box and kept in a special sterile liquid, so that during the period between the end of this operation and the second stage of repair surgery, the bone flap will not lose calcium and water, and will not shrink. The liquid provides certain nutrients to the bone tissue through a special osmotic effect, preventing the bone tissue from necrosis when it is ischemic.

The preparation of this liquid was completed by the researchers in the stem cell laboratory. For them, this was not a difficult problem. It only took them a week or two to prepare the nutrient solution that Yang Ping wanted.

This powerful scientific research system makes it easy to realize ideas that were previously difficult to achieve. This is the role of the scientific research system. Only surgeons with the support of the entire system can exert their greatest power. Without the support of the system, personal abilities cannot be optimally exerted.

"Where were you talking about just now? Were you talking about Dr. Tang's rejuvenation project? Do your stem cells have any effect on baldness?" Wen Zhong, a spinal surgeon, appeared in the operating room at some point.

He and Dr. Jin had recently returned to the Department of Spine Surgery, with Dr. Jin serving as the department director and he as the deputy director. Both of them were top students who graduated from graduate school, and after returning to the Department of Spine Surgery, they rolled up their sleeves and worked hard, performing dozens of extremely difficult scoliosis cases in a row, raising the level of the entire department of spinal surgery by several levels.

"Bald head? You are really ignorant. You have been in our institute for such a long time, but you never come to our laboratory to sit for a few minutes. If you had sat for even a few minutes, you would not have asked this question today, and your bald head would have been repaired long ago." Tang Shun looked regretful.

"Is it really useful?" Wen Zhong was not joking. He went from studying to regular training, and then to specialized training, and now he has only a few hairs on his head.

"Do you see any of the brothers in our laboratory who have little hair? They are all very tight." Tang Shun said proudly.

In fact, treating hair loss is just a by-product developed by the stem cell laboratory in its spare time. These guys are close to the water and get the moon first. Whenever they have time, they use stem cells to treat each other's baldness. Their hair has become so black and thick that people who don't know would think they are wearing wigs.

The article glanced at Tang Shun. He was wearing a sterile cap and it was impossible to tell how much hair he had. They met each other often, but now he couldn't remember whether Tang Shun was bald or not.

"A friend of mine also tried stem cell treatment for baldness. He spent tens of thousands of dollars, but he didn't get a single hair added." The writer seemed a little skeptical of Tang Shun.

Tang Shun didn't think so. Everyone present was his own people, so there was no need to hide anything. "Stem cell technology is very common now. A health club in the alley dares to say that it uses stem cell technology. It's just like nanotechnology. Is there real nanotechnology? Of course there is, especially in cutting-edge materials science. But now, as long as it is a material, no matter what, they all promote themselves as nanotechnology. I guess your brother went to a place like this."

"Speaking of hair loss, let me talk about it. For example, when it comes to drug treatment, if you open any e-commerce platform, you will find a plethora of health products for treating hair loss. Each of them claims to be cutting-edge technology, and some even claim to be Nobel Prize-winning technology. Whether they are effective or not, only the buyers know. But is there any drug that can really treat baldness? Yes!"

Several graduate students who were observing in the operating room turned around. It was so sad. Many of the graduate students looked like experts in appearance, but were actually just followers who had just entered the medical field.

"Hasn't rituximab tosylate capsule been on the market? It's also on the market in my country and can treat alopecia areata, but the price is shocking, 35 yuan a year. Clinical trial data shows that you can get lush hair in just half a year."

Several graduate student brothers sighed inwardly, thinking that the price was not bad. Someday when they had time, they would go find their brothers in the laboratory to secretly do some stem cell treatment, which could probably be solved with a meal of grilled fish.

"Brother, I'll come to see you someday. Can you help me fix my bald head?" Wen Zhong approached Tang Shun in a flattering manner.

Tang Shun was very righteous: "We are one family. I will find someone to do it for you when it is convenient."

"If I had known you had a non-invasive method, I would not have gone to Director Lan to make an appointment for hair transplant. Fortunately, it didn't work." Wen Zhong was extremely excited, as if he had discovered a new world. He has been in a relationship recently, and he still has to pay attention to his personal image. Even Xu Zhiliang doesn't wear pants with holes in the buttocks, so why shouldn't he pay attention to baldness?

Anyway, the operating room is so lively that people talk about anything, and sometimes they talk about stocks. Once during an operation, everyone was talking about stocks, and a patient who was undergoing spinal anesthesia immediately joined the conversation. He also recommended stocks to the doctors. Several doctors actually bought the stocks he recommended, and that stock later really rose sharply.

The culture of the institute's operating room is relatively light, unlike other hospitals where dirty jokes are told one after another, all of which are vulgar.

The foramen magnum expanded as expected, opening the cranial cavity. Due to the pressure difference, brain tissue quickly bulged out. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when seeing the scene. If Yang Ping had not performed emergency surgery in a timely and decisive manner, Sisi would have really had a brain herniation if she had waited another hour or two. Brain herniation was already brewing at that time, but the growth curve of brainstem edema did not follow a regular parabola, but an elusive curve, which made it impossible to predict edema according to a normal curve.

Ruixing acted quickly. Shortly after the operation began, the customized internal fixation in sterile packaging was delivered to the operating room. This ready-to-use internal fixation does not require temporary sterilization because it has already been sterilized.

After the foramen magnum is enlarged in this way, the stability of the connection with the cervical spine will naturally decrease. For safety reasons, internal fixation devices must be used to assist in stability. Otherwise, once it loses stability, it will also bring disastrous consequences. Every operation of a surgeon is like walking on thin ice. He must try his best to be perfect within his ability. A doctor who is careless, compromising, and not pursuing perfection is definitely not a good doctor. Although it is impossible to do everything perfectly, doctors must pursue perfection in order to maximize the effect. Otherwise, safety and effect can only be discounted in constant compromise, or even disappear completely.

After the foramen magnum is enlarged, the scalp still needs to be sutured to form a soft space. The soft closure has a certain elasticity, so that when the brain tissue herniates due to pressure difference, it will not be compressed, and if it is not compressed, it will not be ischemic and necrotic. In fact, medical knowledge is full of physics knowledge. The progress of medicine is the progress of physics, chemistry and biology. The progress of surgery is often the progress of physical acoustic, optical, electromagnetic and thermal technology.

Complex problems are actually composed of simple problems combined in some way. To solve complex problems, you must have enough patience to deal with each simple problem step by step, just like untying a complex knot. It looks complicated, but in fact it is just one knot inside another knot, forming a complicated structure.

Now that the knots have been untied, what remains is to see how much the edematous and swollen brain tissue can expand, and whether it can shrink and recover in the future. Speculations are just speculations, and no one can be 100% sure.

The doctor should take control of the parts that he can control and do his best. The rest that cannot be controlled can only be left to luck. Although luck is the most unreliable, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Yang Ping has now done his best in the parts that he can control, and he can only continue to observe the rest. If new problems arise in the future, he can only deal with them as they arise.

After the operation, Sisi left the operating room wearing a special stent and was sent to the ICU for postoperative monitoring.

Yang Ping sat in the locker room, leaning back on the chair to rest for a while. He entered the system space to review and summarize Sisi's condition and treatment. Whether it was internal medicine treatment or surgical operation, review and summary were very important for doctors. Without review and summary, experience would be wasted and no effective summary and accumulation could be obtained. Although the system space does not have enough points to conduct large-scale experiments, the large amount of time and conditions provided by the system space are very valuable. Yang Ping's short rest in the locker room is equivalent to thinking for dozens of hours or even days in the system space. This time difference is very important to Yang Ping. Yang Ping even thinks that this is the greatest use of the system space.

Fatty Liang was promoting his Zhonghua cigarettes. There were fewer and fewer smokers in the hospital now, so his market was shrinking. He had a lot of Zhonghua cigarettes in stock at home. He originally wanted to make a big splash, but now he was under Zhou Can's control, so he dared not smoke and could only sell the Zhonghua cigarettes in stock.

There were several benches in the locker room. Yang Ping leaned on the back of the chair with his eyes closed to rest. Song Zimo, Xu Zhiliang, Li Guodong and others all imitated Yang Ping's habit and leaned on the back of the chair to rest. Looking around, these people were lined up neatly. Li Min was among them, with his eyes closed as if he was resting.

Those who know the inside story understand that this is a fine tradition of the institute. Before and after major operations, the patient will lean back in the locker room with his eyes closed to rest. He will simulate the operation in his mind before the operation and review the operation after the operation.

Not only the doctors in the institute, but all the doctors who have been trained in the institute have kept this habit. For example, Director Gao and Director Fang, who are non-staff trainees of the institute, have a more authentic look when they close their eyes and rest than the doctors, as if the standard of the posture represents whether they have received the true teachings of Professor Yang.

"Li Min, your hospital is short of MRI and CT, right? How about I ask someone to donate one to you?" Yang Ping suddenly brought up this matter. He has been busy recently and has not paid attention to Guandu Hospital.

Sanbo Hospital has recently been providing counterpart support to grass-roots hospitals. The institute's counterpart support target is Guandu Hospital. Guandu Hospital is just a township hospital. It has no advanced large-scale equipment, but only some simple equipment, such as X-ray machines, B-ultrasound machines, and electrocardiograms.

They don't have equipment such as MRI and CT at all, and they don't even have second-hand equipment that is being eliminated by large tertiary hospitals. Those are the treasures that county hospitals are fighting for.

"Boss Wang donated three buildings, and the supporting medical equipment includes CT and MRI, which are the most advanced at present." Li Minting is very grateful to Professor Yang, who not only taught him personally, but also cared about the Guandu Hospital.

Yang Ping was startled: "Which Boss Wang?"

"Wang Changxin, Mr. Wang Changxin, who wears a gold necklace as thick as a thumb around his neck and often comes to our department." Li Min was afraid that Professor Yang would make a mistake about the person, so he specifically mentioned Old Wang's characteristics.

Yang Ping immediately sat up straight. He had just closed his eyes while chatting, but now he seemed to have suddenly woken up: "Why didn't I hear him mention such a big thing? You didn't mention it either? When did this happen?"

"It happened several months ago. Now the construction of the three buildings has started. Mr. Wang said it was a trivial matter and not worth mentioning. He told me not to tell you. If I told you, it would be seeking credit, and if I didn't tell you, it would be charity." Li Min is also an honest man, and told Yang Ping everything.

“This old king.”

He has plenty of money and a mine at home, so he can do whatever he wants. What he does is good, not bad.

"Three buildings? And a complete set of medical equipment?" Yang Ping asked.

"We have an apartment for dormitories, a medical building, and an office building. In addition, we have signed a group of undergraduate students, with salaries and benefits in line with the standards of provincial hospitals. We have also established a training fund to send these people to Sanbo Hospital for training."

"We also built a road for Guandu Town, widened and rebuilt the road connecting Guandu Town to the provincial road, with six lanes in both directions, which is wider than our provincial road."

"He said that the country is now promoting poverty alleviation and common prosperity. He was one of the first to get rich and should lead others to get rich."

"Did he say this?" Yang Ping was quite surprised at Lao Wang's awareness. He was just an ordinary rich man with a great vision. Yang Ping couldn't help but look up to Lao Wang.

Li Min said: "He also invited professors from Nandu Agricultural University to visit Guandu Town to see what kind of special planting or breeding industry is suitable for Guandu Town. He wants to build Guandu Town into a green ecological agricultural area."

"I heard from our old dean that President Wang has visited Guandu Town many times and signed a long-term poverty alleviation agreement with our county and town governments."

"Is there any progress?" Yang Ping was quite interested in this matter.

Li Min knows a lot: "They have decided to start raising cattle. They plan to import breeds and overall breeding technology from Norway at a high price and build Guandu Town into the largest cattle breeding base in the south. Norwegian breeding experts have come to Guandu Town and are considering how to design the base and select breeding technicians to go there for training. They also said they want to use Norwegian Red Bull and our local cattle to create a hybrid breed."

"How much money did Lao Wang invest to make such a big move in Guandu Town?" Everyone immediately became interested. Lao Wang seemed rustic, but he was actually quite smart.

Li Min thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the exact amount, but it's said to be several billion."

"Is your hospital building three buildings?" Li Guodong interrupted. He had been to Guandu Hospital for technical support.

"Yes, I have seen the design. It is very beautiful. It was designed by a famous European designer."

Comrade Lao Wang is a good comrade and a very conscious comrade. Everyone thinks so.