godfather of surgery

Chapter 1165 The Most Professional Family Members

The key to this surgery lies in the separation of the nervous system. It is difficult to say whether their nervous systems share common areas or have related connections, which is the biggest risk.

Separating the heart, lungs, and other organs is not as difficult and involves less uncertainty.

Amid the two sisters' bickering, Yang Ping had already completed her physical examination and gathered some information.

The surgery may require a lot of skin, so the surgery time cannot be scheduled a week later, because their skin needs to be expanded, and it takes a certain amount of time to obtain a sufficient area of ​​skin.

Therefore, these complex surgeries can only be performed well with the support of a strong scientific research system. For example, in heart surgery, one surgeon is far from enough; a team of extracorporeal circulation specialists is also needed to provide support.

Similarly, this type of surgery places even stricter demands on the team. Without skin expansion technology from a stem cell laboratory, there wouldn't be enough skin to cover the large areas of skin loss caused after separation.

Without genetic testing technology, we cannot understand their genes. Without advanced neurological testing technology, we cannot determine whether their nervous systems are truly independent, or whether there are overlapping or shared areas. If so, we cannot determine how to treat these areas, otherwise, postoperative surgery could cause severe disability, making the losses outweigh the gains.

"Dear doctor, when can we have the surgery? We can't wait, today or tomorrow?"

They spoke almost simultaneously, a rare instance of unanimous agreement.

“Honey, you can’t rush the doctor. He has his own schedule, and we can’t disrupt it. That would be disrespectful to him.” The father finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they finally quieted down.

"The doctor will arrange surgery for you as soon as possible," the child's mother said.

As they left the ward, Song Ziming asked, "How are you?"

Yang Ping didn't show much expression: "After completing the preoperative examination and obtaining enough skin, the surgery can be scheduled. The key to this surgery lies in the boundary distinction of the nervous system. We need to find their true boundary, not the so-called boundary that can be seen with the naked eye."

"You mean there's no problem with surgery for this case?" Song Ziming wanted to confirm again.

Yang Ping said calmly, "Why are you still worrying about this? The surgery itself is not difficult; the difficulty lies in accurately determining the boundaries of the nervous system."

Of course, the surgery itself is not difficult relative to Yang Ping, not to others; otherwise, the patient would not have traveled across the Pacific Ocean to China for the surgery.

In the corridor, the patient's father loitered near the door of his office, occasionally peeking into the doctor's office.

He used to be a doctor, but now he is a patient's family member. And as a patient's family member in a foreign country, he wants to get something from Yang Ping in advance.

As a neurosurgeon, the father, Maurice, now has many questions. First, such a highly complex surgery has stumped doctors all over the world, yet this Chinese doctor casually said it would be "elective surgery." Was this decision too hasty, or was it a gamble?

If it weren't for Dr. Johannesson's strong recommendation, Maurice would have found it hard to believe that this young man was the best doctor in the world, but he was, and he was also a Nobel laureate, and no one could question that.

Has Chinese medicine developed to this level? Morris felt that his previous understanding of China was too outdated, too behind the times.

"What can I do for you?" a graduate student asked the furtive foreigner in English.

Morris replied in broken Chinese, "I don't know if Dr. Yang is available. I'd like to speak with him."

One graduate student glanced at the screen, while another graduate student kept his eyes glued to the computer screen, his fingers flying across the keyboard: "Professor Yang went to the lab, he's not here."

Morris left in disappointment.
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At this moment in the lab, Yang Ping was making a phone call in his office. The lab had also set up an office for him, and he actually spent more time in that office now.

He needs to use Professor He's large model to analyze the true boundary of the nervous system of this pair of conjoined twins. If this problem is not solved, even if the surgery is successful, the two patients will be left with severe neurological dysfunction.

Professor He's large-scale model is no longer the small workshop it used to be. After receiving funding from Yang Ping's research grant, he has been able to unleash his ambitions and has assembled the world's strongest medical large-scale model team and built his own cloud computing platform.

"Inputting in as much data as possible, including biochemical, physiological, pathological, and anatomical data, will definitely help you find the true dividing line. Although we don't know exactly what data we need, I know that the more data, the better."

Director He has great confidence in his model.

His team now includes outstanding mathematicians, computer geniuses, and artificial intelligence experts, and this large model was destined to be world-class from the very first day it was built.

In theory, large models can discover the boundaries of the nervous system more easily than humans, because these functional boundaries of the nervous system must be manifested in external entities such as anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology. If humans were to find them, it would require a lot of work. To put it bluntly, human computing power is far inferior to that of these supercomputers.

“Okay, let’s input all the data.” Yang Ping decided to use a large model to find the dividing line.

Director He instructed, "Professor Yang, you should write down your physical examination data in as much detail as possible and input it as data. This is the highest quality data."

Although a doctor's physical examination has a certain degree of subjectivity, it is still one of the bases for judgment. In particular, Yang Ping's physical examination data is very valuable, as it is high-quality data that cannot be obtained by any instrument or equipment examination.

Yang Ping called Song Ziming, who was already on the operating table. However, Song Ziming could communicate with Yang Ping through the operating room's communication system. Yang Ping told him his thoughts and asked him to prepare as much data as possible.

If the problem of conjoined twins can be solved, this surgery will not be too difficult for Yang Ping. In fact, the surgery is no longer too difficult.

After making arrangements for the surgery, Yang Ping went to the stem cell laboratory. Li Yingtong's pregnant belly was already quite prominent, but she was still working. The laboratory had been very busy lately.

Tang Shun, this master of time management, finally got married, which Yang Ping hadn't expected. It's good that way, as the time management master can now focus his energy on his work instead of dealing with a dozen girlfriends.
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On another floor, there is a tumor research laboratory.

The new K-biologic agents are undergoing iterations, with each generation monitored. Any mutations are analyzed genetically to identify patterns and hopefully control them, guiding them in a beneficial direction. "Professor Yang!"

When Lu Xiaolu saw Yang Ping enter, Yang Ping made a shushing gesture, indicating that he should not disturb everyone's work.

"After the natural integration of genetic material sealing technology, these K biological agents have been growing for more than ten days since they were planted, and there has been no obvious mutation. Their tumor-targeting functional modules have remained intact. It seems we have succeeded again," Lu Xiaolu reported quietly.

This research is becoming increasingly sophisticated and will soon be able to be applied on a large scale in clinical practice. Of course, the necessary procedures for clinical trials still need to be followed.

Recently, many people in the lab have gotten pregnant and given birth. I heard that Lu Xiaolu's wife, Ding Xinyu, is also pregnant and has started prenatal checkups at Sanbo Hospital. However, Lu Xiaolu has been so focused on his work that he hardly has time to take care of his wife.

"I heard you've been working overtime a lot lately. You can't keep doing that. Work is work, and life is life; you can't neglect either." Yang Ping didn't discuss the research project with him.

The progress is going very smoothly so far, and Yang Ping has little to worry about. Since we got Director He's large model, many things have progressed much faster.

Lu Xiaolu understood what Yang Ping meant, so she said, "Don't worry, I have a nanny at home to take care of me. She often comes to see me. Look, she even brings me breakfast this morning."

"Only you, Lu Xiaolu, would do something like having a pregnant woman deliver breakfast. It's okay if the project progresses a little slower. Don't make things so difficult for yourself. Starting this week, no overtime work on weekends is allowed," Yang Ping instructed him.

Lu Xiaolu nodded. Actually, there was a reason why he was working so hard. He had wasted too much time in the past, and now he wanted to make up for it by seizing every second.

Although the K biologic is currently very effective against a small number of tumors, it is only effective against a small number of tumors. Lu Xiaolu is currently researching new modules of the K biologic that can locate and eliminate new tumors. In fact, the adenovirus that is the prototype of the K biologic is just a vector tool. The modules added through gene recombination technology are the real key to this new technology.

One day, it may be possible to design countless modules in the laboratory that can identify and kill different tumor cells, and then attach these modules to K biological agents for different tumors.

"How are the older kids? How's your relationship with them?" Yang Ping sat down and chatted with Lu Xiaolu.

Lu Xiaolu sat opposite him: "At first, our relationship was very strained, after all, we're so old, but now we get along very well. He's doing well in his studies now, consistently ranking in the top three of his grade."

"I'm telling you seriously, if you don't get a break this weekend, I'm replacing you. If you don't change your mindset, I'll replace you. Do you understand?" Yang Ping reiterated.

Lu Xiaolu grinned and scratched the back of her head: "I heard. No overtime starting this weekend. It must be news about Ruyan." Lu Xiaolu changed the subject.

"He called me to ask about his son's situation. I told him that Principal Ding had passed away, that I had married Ding Xinyu, and that his son was doing well, had grown a lot taller, and was doing very well in school. He broke down in tears on the other end of the phone and thanked me, promising to take good care of his son. Sigh, if only I had known this earlier," Lu Xiaolu sighed.

“I asked a classmate in the United States to find him. He was homeless in the US. I asked my classmate to send him money to help him find a job again, but he refused. He said he was too ashamed to start a new life and that this was how his life should be. He just hoped that I would take good care of his son and Xinyu. He said that he had caused too much harm to Xinyu and that he could never make up for it in this lifetime.”

"People, sometimes, how should I put it, only learn to cherish things when they have nothing left."

Lu Xiaolu composed herself and changed the subject.

“Now Professor Zhang Zhiwei and I have a very clear division of labor. He is responsible for screening higher-quality vector tools, and I am responsible for researching modules targeting tumors. Professor Yang, this route is the right choice. If you hadn’t proposed this route, we would probably still be going around in circles in the same narrow space.” Lu Xiaolu was amazed by Yang Ping’s control over the research route. In fact, this is the most important ability in scientific research. Only with this ability can one become the general in a research team.

Lu Xiaolu is a sentimental person; even now, he's still asking his classmates to look for Guan Ruyan and offering him help. It's a pity Guan Ruyan didn't cherish such a good brother.

Leaving that guy aside, Yang Ping thought for a moment and said, "Tang Shun has already established a micro-biorobot laboratory in Hong Kong. We will continue to expand the research scope of this experiment, using some harmless microorganisms as templates to transform them into micro-biorobots. Moreover, we also plan to move towards nanomedical robots. Micro-robots, whether biological or non-biological, will definitely shine in the medical field in the future and will become a very important treatment method. Ruixing Medical has already established a nanomedical robot laboratory. We are advancing along two paths simultaneously."

Just thinking about it is exciting. Lu Xiaolu and Yang Ping are extremely excited about their future plans and specific details, as if they have been injected with adrenaline.

"If that's the case, our lab will have endless work to do. Whether it's nanorobots or micro-biorobots, we need to provide them with enough information about tumor cells, and give them information on target identification, penetration channels, and the vital points suitable for them to hunt down." Lu Xiaolu knew very well where his lab was located.

Yang Ping nodded: "That's what I'm here to talk to you about today, so you need to act in advance."

"understand!"

"If we don't have enough manpower, we can hire more. Don't worry about the money. Just don't let one person do the work of two. Once our super experimental base is established, we will have plenty of space, so don't be afraid of having too many people."

“I know that I have a few friends in the United States who are interested in returning to China. They are top scientists in oncology. I will take some time to go to the United States to talk to them and hope to bring them back.”

“Very good. We should search the world for talent. It would be even better if we could bring them back. Those who are not willing to come here can establish research institutes in the United States, Europe, or anywhere in the world. Don’t be bound by formalities.”

In fact, Yang Ping no longer does specific research work. His main job is to formulate research plans and provide key technical support. Other work is left to these outstanding teams.

After wandering around the laboratory, Yang Ping returned to his office in the ward, where the conjoined twins' father was standing at the door.

"Can I help you?"

Yang Ping asked.

The father wanted to answer in Chinese, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't utter a single word.

"Why don't you speak English?" Yang Ping said, explaining that his Chinese level was so low that it wasn't even enough to buy two steamed buns downstairs.

"Dr. Yang, do you have a moment? I'd really like to talk to you about the details of the children's surgery; there are many things I don't understand," the children's father said.

In all accounts, he is the most professional patient's family member, because he is actually a well-known neurosurgeon in North America, and his daughter's surgery is a complex procedure in the field of neurosurgery.