This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 125 Demonstration of Operation Techniques

Zhong Junyun's triangular, hooked eyebrows twitched, as if a large knife was about to chop Lu Cheng up.

"Do you know what you're saying?" Zhong Junyun's voice was slightly cold, and his goodwill towards Lu Cheng dropped by at least seven or eight degrees in an instant.

Lu Cheng nodded and replied truthfully: "Teacher, the anatomy of the coracobrachialis muscle is very similar to the extensor tendon zone 7 of the upper limb, which is the structure of the dorsal wrist ligament."

"Based on my previous experience studying with Professor Tong Yuan'an at Xiangya Hospital, I would recommend the sliding suture technique as the first choice."

"Professor Tajima's Tajima suture technique, which is based on the Tsushita suture technique, has been quite good in recent years, but the 'tong' method developed by Professor Tong's team is also quite practical."

"Whether it will be called 'tongfa' or not is still undecided."

Lu Cheng gave a very specific example and explained the practicality of different suturing techniques.

Zhong Junyun's frown lines slowly relaxed as he looked at his beloved apprentice, Xiao Pan: "A tendon suturing technique originally developed by Xiangya Hospital? Is that true?"

Zhong Junyun's frown lines shifted to Pan Leiming's forehead, and he frowned deeply: "Master, I haven't heard of it either. Has it not been officially published yet?"

"We'll have to ask to find out."

Zhong Junyun thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know this suturing technique that Xiangya Hospital created? If so, let's go to the training room together and learn it."

"I've heard about Professor Tajima's tendon suturing technique developed in the last two years, but our hospital's main research focus is on nerve suturing, so we're not up to the task."

Lu Cheng certainly wasn't speaking without reason; otherwise, there would have been no need to complicate matters. The main reason was that he had asked Lu Cheng.

Chinese people have a sentiment of living a good life and working hard to make ends meet. This sentiment is reflected in all aspects of life and is universally accepted!

"Yes, teacher."

"Then this surgery?" Lu Cheng asked.

"Who told you to cause trouble? The surgery is off!" Zhong Junyun said irritably.

I went to great lengths to find Lu Cheng a partial limb replantation, but Lu Cheng rejected it himself. Who can I blame for that?

However, despite the poor reputation of Xiangya Hospital, not many people currently say that its technology is bad.

The hand surgery techniques at Xiangya Hospital are, to some extent, no less advanced than those at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, especially in the field of flap surgery, where they have their own unique insights.

Of course, Professor Zhong Junyun was wondering if Lu Cheng was deliberately trying to stab him, after all, he had struggled for a long time before making a difficult choice last night.

There was no other way; the buffs were fully stacked. The old professor, the senior, and the hero who sacrificed himself to save people were all written in the notebook as his last wishes.

Lu Chengxin said, "Teacher Zhong, if you hadn't dug a pit for me, I probably would have started the operation long ago. You've been digging and digging in the pit, and I'm already halfway in. Why don't you describe it more clearly? Are you waiting to get your radial styloid process tapped?"
It's not that your radial styloid process can't be tapped, but it shouldn't be hit casually, right?
Surgery is not child's play. Before proceeding, one should not act rashly without careful preparation. No amount of meticulous preparation is too much.

"Pan Leiming, get someone to handle this!" Zhong Junyun instructed before getting up and leaving the stage.

This type of hemiplegic replantation was within Pan Leiming's range; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to become the chief resident of the Hand Surgery Department at Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

……

Afterwards, Zhong Junyun led Lu Cheng through a winding path out of the operating room and continued to another floor of the functional science experimental building, to another, more spacious research and development room.

The office sign is even more impressive: "Hand Surgery Skills Research and Development Lab".

Previously, Lu Cheng had gone to an advanced training program with Xie Yuan'an.

Training and research are only one word apart, but they are worlds apart.

The research and development lab is much larger, over a hundred square meters, and has only one longer operating table, containing even more instruments...

Zhong Junyun asked, "What materials did you prepare before the tendon suture? Was it pig hind tendon?"

“Yes, teacher,” Lu Cheng replied.

"Then that's it. I've already had someone prepare. Actually, it's perfect timing. Right now, tendon suturing is your comfort zone. If you were forced to do vascular suturing, it would be a bit difficult for you with your basic skills."

"But don't worry, you'll get used to it after practicing some more. Xiao Pan in our department is at the same level as you in terms of basic skills." "But he can take shortcuts."

"Tell me in detail about the tendon suturing technique developed by Xiangya Hospital, so I can broaden my knowledge," Zhong Junyun said.

The reputation of Xiangya Hospital is judged by people, while its professional skills and research level are evaluated by its peers.

The reputation of a hospital is beyond the control of industry insiders, but Zhong Junyun never dared to say that Xiangya Hospital's technology was rubbish, so he was quite curious about what this sister hospital was doing.

Lu Cheng thought for a moment, looked at Zhong Junyun, hesitated, and then said, "Teacher Zhong, actually, besides the tendon suturing technique developed by Xiangya Hospital, there is another tendon suturing technique that I want to tell you about."

Zhong Junyun's expression immediately froze, and his voice trailed off in confusion: "Where... did this... come from?"

Zhong Junyun thought to himself, "I mainly study nerve suturing, but I am not completely ignorant about tendon suturing. How come there are so many tendon suturing techniques that I don't know?"

"It was my own idea!"

After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he saw the frown lines on Zhong Junyun's face reappear and immediately said, "Teacher, I was afraid you would misunderstand, so I said whatever came to mind."

"If you think I'm being ridiculous, then I won't say anything more."

Zhong Junyun tapped the table with his right index and middle fingers and asked, "Are you trying to deliberately elevate yourself?"

Lu Cheng shook his head, his expression calm: "No, Teacher Zhong!"

"I will cherish the opportunity to learn, but I will not deliberately boast. After all, I have survived so many years of learning on my own."

Zhong Junyun thought about Lu Cheng's identity: a doctor at the county hospital.

Then it dawned on me: "Then I won't bother you for now, let's talk about it after we've looked into it..."

Professor Zhong Junyun is quite influential; he is likely a senior figure in the research lab, with a cooperating biotechnology company always ready to supply him with resources.

Before long, someone delivered some top-quality fresh pig hind trotters.

"Professor Zhong, everything you requested has been prepared. Do you have enough sutures here? Would you like me to prepare another batch?" The man who came was a slightly overweight middle-aged man with a beaming smile.

"No rush. We use nerve sutures more often than tendon sutures. We used to use them occasionally, but we might not use them in the future."

“I’ll have someone notify you when I need it,” Zhong Junyun said, waving the other person away.

The person who came was a supplier for a biotechnology company, and the business he was doing was not with students.

"Okay, Mr. Zhong, then I won't bother you any longer." The middle-aged man glanced at Lu Cheng, preparing to add Lu Cheng on WeChat later.

Professor Zhong Junyun rarely asks for tendon suture materials, so this guy will probably be the 'suture consumption boss' in the future.

He has to serve the new boss, that's how he makes his money.

Lu Cheng then began demonstrating the tendon suturing technique.

Although the panel is disordered, it does not mean that Lu Cheng's previous improved Kessler stitching techniques have disappeared or that he can no longer use them.

Lu Cheng demonstrated the sewing of five pig tendons using each sewing technique, from the modified Kessler to the modified Tang, Tsushita, and Tajima sewing techniques, the 'tong' method, and the 'unnamed sewing technique' that appeared on his own panel!
It took Lu Cheng a full ten hours to sew together all thirty pig tendons.

Zhong Junyun stayed with Lu Cheng the whole time, carefully watching his operations. After discovering that Lu Cheng had a good grasp and understanding of various tendon suturing techniques, he accompanied Lu Cheng to lunch and dinner in the research and development room.

"The second-to-last suturing technique you used should be the suturing technique from Xiangya Hospital, right? But the last suturing technique you used seems to have elements of other suturing techniques," Zhong Junyun said thoughtfully, stroking his chin.

"Yes, teacher, I can't create a completely original improved technique myself, so I can only learn from the exquisite sewing techniques of other teachers."

"It was mainly because I listened to your explanation of the suturing technique of nerve suturing a couple of days ago that I gained some insights."

"But I'm not sure myself whether this suturing technique is better than other suturing techniques."

(End of this chapter)