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Bi Weiqing sighed softly: "Professor Fang, indeed, there are some things that are one thing to know, but quite another to describe them."

"Let's leave the question of how to pinpoint and identify locations for later."

"Let's proceed with this surgery first; the preliminary work on the patient's side is all done..." Bi Weiqing returned the task to its proper place.

Teaching is teaching, and surgery is surgery.

Teaching can be conducted during surgery, but surgery should not be delayed for the sake of teaching.

Fang Ziye left the operating room to wash his hands.

Professor Liang Yuan humbly inquired, "Professor Bi, does Professor Fang rely on experience and intuition when performing surgery?"

If something cannot be precisely described, then it has not yet formed a systematic knowledge system and can only be considered the personal skill of the practitioner.

For example, driving skills vary from person to person.

Bi Weiqing understood Liang Yuan's meaning, but he also wanted to speak up for Fang Ziye: "Professor Liang, after all, it is a new thing, and it is perfectly normal that it has not yet been systematized."

"With personal skills, from one's own perspective, it's difficult for those who don't know how, but easy for those who do."

"Perhaps in Professor Fang's view, a puncture is a puncture, and this is this place..."

“Mentoring students, you know what that means, right?” Bi Weiqing made an analogy.

Liang Yuan understood this perfectly well; he simply didn't immediately try to compare it to Liang Yuan's work.

Liang Yuan touched his round head and rubbed his surgical cap: "Seeing is believing. Although I had heard of Professor Fang Ziye before, it was just hearsay."

"Legends are always exaggerated, but these rumors about Professor Fang are rather restrained."

"Professor Fang's current level of expertise is clearly unfathomable."

Liang Yuan did not turn into a sour lemon, but calmly stated the following fact: "I originally thought that since surgical treatment for spinal cord injury has already appeared, there is no need to learn so many mysteries."

“I’m still too ignorant…” Liang Yuan first opened up and explained her thoughts.

Once a surgical procedure has been developed, there must be a traceable pattern to follow.

Liang Yuan considered himself a genius and had always learned things very quickly, so of course he didn't believe the rumors circulating in the martial arts world that no one could learn to perform spinal cord injury surgery—such nonsense!
"You won't give up until you see the Yellow River." Most people will only think of the Yellow River as a simple noun, rather than a vivid image of its mighty flow, unless they actually stand before it.

Fang Ziye returned after disinfecting and washing his hands, putting on a sterile surgical gown as he spoke: "Professor Bi, regarding the puncture localization for this patient, we..."

Fang Ziye suddenly paused, looking towards a certain spot on the operating table: "Hey buddy... what are you doing?"

Fang Ziye's voice suddenly changed, causing everyone to follow his gaze.

On the equipment table, a young woman in a green shirt was idly picking at the gauze hole with the syringe needle, as if she were embroidering.

He didn't realize that Fang Ziye was asking him a question, and like everyone else, he looked around. When he finally realized that many people's eyes were on him, Liao Ruifeng quickly stood up, carefully put away the syringe needle and gauze, and said nervously, "Professor Fang, I'll just sit and wait for the surgery to begin."

Liao Ruifeng was probably a bit older than Fang Ziye, around thirty-four or thirty-five years old, of average height, with delicate features. Because he was wearing a sterile surgical gown and a surgical mask, the rest of his face was not visible.

"What's your name, brother?" Fang Ziye continued to ask.

"My name is Liao Ruifeng, a junior physician in the spinal surgery group," Liao Ruifeng replied.

Guan Liangfeng explained, "Professor Fang, Liao Ruifeng was recruited by the sanatorium's logistics department a few months after our group left Meilonghu. He only started working there after our new campus opened."

"You haven't seen this before."

Mei Longhu from the spinal surgery group was someone Fang Ziye remembered vividly. Gu Yi, his senior, even got into a fight with him because Mei Longhu had tempted Gu Yi to report Fang Ziye and Deng Yong, and the two ended up in the police station.

"Okay, after the surgery, would you be free to have a meal with me, Brother Liao?" Fang Ziye asked politely.

Actually, when he called Liao Ge, his first thought was of Liao Jia, that 'goofball'!
However, Liao Ruifeng's surname is Liao.

Liao Ruifeng instinctively looked at Guan Liangfeng and Liang Yuan, but dared not answer.

Although Fang Ziye visited the sanatorium very rarely, legends about him still circulated in the sanatorium's surgical department.

This person, who was even younger than him, was the executive deputy leader of the surgical group. If it weren't for Professor Li Yongjun's exceptional abilities, he would probably be the executive deputy leader, and Fang Ziye would still be the leader.

I also heard that Fang Ziye is one of the deputy leaders of the research team, and his clinical and research skills are ridiculously high.

Liao Ruifeng had never personally witnessed Fang Ziye's prowess, but many people in the surgical team admired Fang Ziye, which made Liao Ruifeng extremely fascinated. He had long wondered if he could have a spiritual connection with him.

Now that the opportunity had come, Liao Ruifeng nodded: "Professor Fang, when is it convenient for you? I can ask for leave."

Liao Ruifeng was just a junior doctor, doing basic work.

The spine group's existence is not dependent on him, so he can be easily replaced. Whenever he needs to ask for leave, no one will care.

"Is the surgery over?" Fang Ziye said, already moving closer to the operating table.

At that moment, Professor Chen Qianlong on the stage chuckled and said, "Professor Fang, are you planning to take Xiao Liao through the alleys because he's young?"

"Although the young ones are inexperienced, they still lack experience."

Many people in the operating room weren't fools. When Fang Ziye suddenly shouted like that, everyone knew perfectly well that Fang Ziye had taken a liking to Liao Ruifeng.

However, they are still unclear about which specific point Fang Ziye valued.

Fang Ziye wanted to have a private chat with Liao Ruifeng, so he definitely had something to say. It's hard to say whether he would impart some secret techniques, but he definitely had some personal insights to share.

The resentment in Chen Qianlong's tone was masked by the car's speed, which both enlivened the atmosphere and perfectly demonstrated his enthusiasm for learning.

"Professor Chen, I dare not take you into the alleys, I'm afraid you'll play me for a fool."

“Or you could play around with it a bit…” Fang Ziye’s car was halfway to its turning speed when Luo Tingzhu, who had looked up, forcibly stopped him: “Ahem, we’re respectable people.”

"Begin the surgery, insert the electrodes." Fang Ziye gave the order to begin the operation with a serious tone.

Orders and prohibitions.

Chen Qianlong and the others immediately stopped joking and began to concentrate on Fang Ziye's puncture technique, summarizing Fang Ziye's puncture direction and speculating on Fang Ziye's possible puncture points.

Furthermore, they used an MRI scanner to deduce the location of Fang Ziye's puncture electrodes and analyze why they were placed there!

This is not the learning of a mature surgical procedure. If it were a mature surgical procedure, then the "why" of each step of the surgical operation would have already been solved, and there would be ready-made answers.

But now, this is a new technique, a new routine, and there are no established techniques to refer to. Everything depends on individual exploration.

Even Fang Ziye, the one who developed the surgery, could only know that doing it this way was good...

If we want to answer why it's good, the underlying principles are not yet fully understood or readily accepted.

In a teaching model where even the teachers themselves don't understand the reasons behind it, what's needed is the individual's own understanding.

Because everyone has different experiences, knowledge systems, and thinking habits, their understanding and storage of knowledge also differ, as do their focuses.

The puncture procedure that Fang Ziye was responsible for was difficult, but it didn't take long.

In fact, the most crucial and essential operation only took about twenty minutes. Fang Ziye then completed the insertion of both the acupuncture electrode and the bridging electrode.

The embedding procedure after the initial placement was snatched away by Professors Chen Qianlong and Liu Haiping like "vicious dogs pouncing on their prey," leaving even Associate Professor Tang Xin without a chance to perform the embedding and suturing.

Spinal cord injury surgeries are performed very infrequently in the sanatorium, so even though Professor Liu Haiping and Chen Qianlong have excellent suturing skills, they still find it novel and strive to participate.

Fang Ziye watched this scene with deep emotion.

This is how ordinary people learn surgery; apart from Fang Ziye, almost everyone learns surgery this way.

Fang Ziye learned in the same way, starting with the smallest details of a surgery, beginning with suturing and incision, gradually becoming involved in the entire surgical process...

In fact, even now, when Fang Ziye is 'learning' spinal cord injury surgery, he is also pushing forward step by step, at an extremely slow pace. It took him so long, nearly a thousand failures, and constant summarization to achieve his current success rate.

The biggest advantage is still adding points...

Therefore, Fang Ziye never laughs at others for learning slowly, and he never tries to show off in front of good learners.

Except for very close friends.

...At 11:40 a.m., Fang Ziye completed the crucial procedures for the second spinal cord injury surgery.

It wasn't lunchtime yet. Fang Ziye glanced at Luo Tingzhu, and after Luo Tingzhu nodded in understanding, Fang Ziye said, "Professor Bi, Professor Liang, it's getting late. The surgery is over, so I'll be heading out now."

In the past, Fang Ziye would see the patient being transferred to the transport bed before performing surgery outside, because he was afraid that someone else would "open up" the patient he had just operated on for practice and then pin the blame on him.

This is a form of caution, but such caution doesn't need to be maintained indefinitely.

This is a sanatorium. Luo Tingzhu is the chief anesthesiologist in the operating room, with many eyes and ears.

If someone dared to do that and was discovered by me, he would be the one to go in first, instead of Fang Ziye being the one in trouble.

Bi Weiqing, Liang Yuan, and others were carefully studying the surface of Fang Ziye's completed puncture technique, analyzing the angle of Fang Ziye's puncture, and had no time to pay attention to Fang Ziye's non-teaching remarks...

"Professor Fang, why don't you go and rest first? We'll figure it out ourselves a bit more," Bi Weiqing said.

Liao Ruifeng saw that Fang Ziye was about to leave and was heading towards Luo Tingzhu, so he paused his approach.

"Brother Liao, let's go grab a bite together?" Fang Ziye explained to Luo Tingzhu for a few moments before turning around and inviting her.

Liao Ruifeng's anxious heart instantly calmed down, and he quickly took small steps forward: "Professor Fang, where are you planning to eat? It's on me today."

"Professor Fang, you can just call me Xiaofeng or by my name."

Fang Ziye thought for a moment before saying, "My wife and I are planning to go to the new campus of Zhongnan Hospital. Is that convenient for you, Brother Liao?"

Liao Ruifeng replied without hesitation, "It's convenient...it's convenient, Professor Fang."

I have to accept Fang Ziye's invitation, whether it's inconvenient or not, and whether it's on my way or not.

After Fang Ziye and the other two left, Luo Tingzhu went to the women's changing room to change into casual clothes, while Fang Ziye and Liao Ruifeng went to the men's changing room together.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Fang Ziye changed his form of address: "Liao Ruifeng, your technique of using a syringe to pick up gauze on stage just now was quite sophisticated, wasn't it?"

How did you learn it?

"Huh? Is there some kind of trick to this?" Liao Ruifeng shook his head, slightly surprised.

Fang Ziye paused, carefully observing Liao Ruifeng's expression.

Liao Ruifeng is not tall, has a small and delicate face, and is one of the few people of the same age as Fang Ziye who is also good-looking.

Liao Ruifeng's expression was natural, and he didn't think his words were wrong. Only after seeing Fang Ziye's strange expression did he twitch slightly: "Professor Fang, I don't know what technique you are referring to, so I have no way to answer."

Fang Ziye said, "Liao Ruifeng, do you have any special hobbies?"

If Liao Ruifeng had specifically practiced puncture techniques, it must have been for therapeutic purposes; it was a medical technique, and Liao Ruifeng couldn't possibly have been unaware of it.

Unless he wants to hide his talents until he walks away and no one pays attention to him anymore!

"Special hobbies, no particular hobbies."

"If I had to point out something special, it would be that I have many younger siblings and nephews and nieces in my hometown, so I have always sewed all kinds of dolls for them."

"Professor Fang, you don't mean that my puncture technique is okay? That it can be used for..." Liao Ruifeng wasn't stupid; he knew that Fang Ziye must have noticed him because of something special.

Fang Ziye nodded slightly: "It's hard to say for now. We'll have to wait until you come back to the animal testing center with me and perform punctures on a few rabbit models on your own before we can draw a conclusion."

"Of course, this is just my personal opinion, Liao."

Liao Ruifeng wisely interrupted Fang Ziye: "Thank you for your guidance, Professor Fang. I am willing to learn from you, Professor Fang! I will accept any criticism or punishment."

The benefits at the sanatorium are excellent, almost at the highest level in the domestic medical industry.

But this is also the most snobbish place. If you have the ability, you are the boss. For example, Fang Ziye and Li Yongjun.

You're incompetent; you're not even as good as the dog at the gate. At least the dog can eat for free, but you can only pack up and go home. You can't even get a penny more.

Moreover, there's "performance pressure." If you don't meet your targets, someone will call you every week, pressuring you to tell you what happened...

Many professors may be so tormented by this that they toss and turn at night.

The more materialistic a place is, the more people rely on their abilities to make a living, and the higher their potential is.

Liao Ruifeng certainly wouldn't let the opportunity slip by.

"..."

That evening, Fang Ziye made a phone call to Director Mo Long of the Logistics Department of the new sanatorium and Professor Liang Yuan of the Spinal Surgery Department.

This means that there are still too few routine cases of spinal cord injury in sanatoriums. Liao Ruifeng's puncture technique is quite special, and he may very well become the second surgeon after him who can independently perform acupuncture electrode placement for spinal cord injury.

He needs to be taken there to teach for a period of time.

Since Liao Ruifeng was affiliated with the sanatorium, Fang Ziye naturally had to inform Mo Long and Liang Yuan, and both of them agreed.

In a rented room near the new campus of Zhongnan Hospital.

After finishing the call, Fang Ziye felt refreshed: "Tingzhu, I'm so lucky. I actually managed to meet someone who specializes in piercing techniques by chance."

"The sanatorium has quite the capacity! They've even discovered such young talent."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingzhu said, "Senior brother, the sanatorium is paying more and more attention to the cultivation of young talents, and you are partly to blame."

"I heard recently that there was a disagreement among the leadership of the sanatorium!"

“Some people think that the nursing home is still following the old path, which is to poach people.”

"Many others believe that they should rely on the sanatorium as a platform to cultivate their own talent..."

After Luo Tingzhu finished speaking, her eyes flickered again: "Is this Liao Ruifeng very talented in surgery?"

Fang Ziye knew that Luo Tingzhu's competitive spirit was returning: "His surgical talent is average, and his proficiency in the basics of puncture is also average."

"His technique of piercing has a unique flavor."

"This is an original technique, but the control over the puncture process itself is not yet proficient enough."

“His technique can be summarized and refined, which may simplify the operation and optimize the technique of current spinal cord puncture, making the threshold for performing the surgery lower.”

It was like dropping a bomb.

Compared to the traditional method of throwing bundled grenades by hand, the new-era precision-guided missiles are more convenient and easier to operate.

The cleaning effect is okay!

"Oh, I see?" Luo Tingzhu seemed to have lost interest again.

She thought Fang Ziye had taken in another 'unparalleled genius,' a genius just like Hu Qingyuan!

"You're so naughty." Fang Ziye gently pinched Luo Tingzhu's nose.

"Do you have to compete for everything?"

Luo Tingzhu narrowed her eyes and shook her head vigorously: "I just hope to have more talented friends, so that we can borrow people whenever we want to carry out our research projects in the future."

"Senior, you don't know, I encountered a problem with an animal model a couple of days ago, so I asked Professor Liao to come over."

"The whole thing was resolved in just five hours."

“If this had happened in the past, I don’t know how many brain cells I would have had to use, how many teachers I would have had to ask, and how many people I would have had to ask to find a possible solution.”

Liao Jia hadn't told Fang Ziye about this, and Luo Tingzhu had only just brought it up.

"It's certainly easier to get things done if you have someone with you, but our team is still a bit short-handed."

"I wonder if Liao Ruifeng has any research talent. Otherwise, if we use him for a while, we'll have to send him back to his original position. It seems like we're just discarding him after he's served his purpose." Fang Ziye had a headache.

It wasn't difficult to remove Liao Ruifeng from the sanatorium; the challenge was figuring out what to do with him afterward.

Should we just use it and then throw it away, returning it the way it came? (End of Chapter)