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

Chapter 126 Experimental and Operational Groups

Night had already fallen, and Lu Cheng's phone occasionally vibrated, but he didn't reply.

He had told Mu Nanshu this morning that he might not reply, and now that he wasn't responding, Mu Nanshu probably knew he was out.

Zhong Junyun paced around in front of the many pig trotters that Lu Cheng had sewn together, and after examining them carefully for a while, he said, "Okay, that's fine. I'll call a few more people over."

"Since it's a research project, the preliminary preparations need to be more meticulous."

"I'll have some people demonstrate the Tang method, the Tsushita suture technique, and the modified Kessler technique!"

“Besides comparing yourself to yourself, comparing yourself to others is also a controlled variable. This can prevent you from neglecting other suturing techniques in order to elevate your own suturing skills.” After saying this, Zhong Junyun made a phone call to Xie Xiao.

The call lasted about four or five minutes before Zhong Junyun hung up.

Soon after, a number of PhDs and Masters arrived at Professor Zhong Junyun's skills research and development lab. They packed and categorized all the pig trotters that Lu Cheng had processed.

The Advanced Skills Research and Development Lab doesn't have a professional measuring instrument for tendon suture data because Professor Zhong Junyun and others don't conduct research on tendon techniques, so they have to be sent to the Skills Training Lab.

Professor Xie Xiao was probably not in the hospital, but another professor, Liang Guocheng, happened to be there after finishing his work. He overheard Xie Xiao on the phone saying that Professor Zhong was developing a "tendon suturing technique," so he came out of curiosity.

The fact that the Tajima suture technique is impacting the improved Tang technique developed in China is something that professionals in hand surgery have all heard about.

But there was nothing we could do.

If you spend time immersing yourself in suturing techniques and trying to replicate Tajima's suturing techniques, it will not only be time-consuming and laborious, but may also be counterproductive.

Currently, the main research and development in this area is conducted by Professor Tang Jinbo's institution and some research groups that focus on tendon suturing techniques...

Peking Union Medical College Hospital was not originally part of these research groups.

However, this doesn't preclude the possibility that a top professor like Zhong Junyun might suddenly discover something extraordinary and, like a god descending from heaven, kill off Tajima's suture technique before it even came of age, rendering it merely a supporting element.

"Professor Zhong, when was this tendon suturing technique developed? I've never heard of it before." When Professor Liang Guocheng entered the advanced training room, Lu Cheng and others were taking detailed measurements in groups.

Professor Liang Guocheng has a round face, a double chin, and a short neck. He is a nimble, overweight man with a perpetually smiling face and prominent, fleshy features, giving him a somewhat shrewd and worldly air.

“It wasn’t me, it was Xiao Lu.” Zhong Junyun turned his head, signaling Liang Guocheng to lower his voice.

He then added, "Perfect timing, Liang Guocheng, isn't your suture technique quite good?"

"Go next door and get a few sets of data," Zhong Junyun instructed.

Liang Guocheng smiled and said, "Teacher Zhong, am I also going to be directly assigned to do work?"

Liang Guocheng could understand Zhong Junyun's desire to find more control groups for Lu Cheng, but the data here was not yet conclusive, wasn't it a bit too hasty?
Zhong Junyun thought about it and realized that Liang Guocheng was, after all, a professor, not an attending physician or a doctor!

"Then you should come and take a look too. Xie Xiao is with Lan Hualuo right now, so she definitely won't be able to make it today."

Looking at the series of data measured by Lu Cheng and several PhDs, Liang Guocheng nodded repeatedly: "The data for the Tajima suture technique is quite good."

"While it doesn't completely cover the improved Tang method, it's a huge improvement over the previous Tsushita suture technique!~"

"Professor Zhong, the development of this tendon suturing technique doesn't have much practical clinical or scientific significance, but it is still quite significant for the scientific community in China, right?"

Zhong Junyun said, "Let's not discuss these things for now..."

"If you don't succeed, you're stuck in this research lab; if you do, it's a competition of free academic ideals, unrelated to nationality, solely for the benefit of scientific research and human health." You can dream of a comfortable life and even do that, but as researchers, you can't just shout slogans like that!

Science has no nationality, but scientists can have nationalities. However, they cannot use nationality as a basis for attacking anything.

The essence of academia lies in free competition.

Moreover, Professor Zhong Junyun was actually feeling quite upset at that moment.

Liang Guocheng nodded slightly, his index finger sliding back and forth between his double chin: "I'm just talking about it privately."

"Where did you find Xiao Lu, Professor Zhong? He has quite a talent for scientific research!" Liang Guocheng inquired softly.

He had no idea that Zhong Junyun would have an apprentice. For Zhong Junyun, taking on a student was a casual matter, something he could do at will. He wouldn't make a big fuss about it.

Professor Xie Xiao knew this because he was one of the recommenders!

“Xiao Lu came to me himself, and I thought he had a good attitude, so I accepted him,” Zhong Junyun said casually.

In fact, Zhong Junyun's feelings for Lu Cheng were based on only two points.

First, Lu Cheng's basic suturing skills are quite good. Although he is thirty years old, his basic skills are comparable to those of his student Pan Leiming, which shows that he is very talented.

Secondly, Xie Xiao said that Lu Cheng wanted to take over Huashan Hospital, which made Zhong Junyun particularly interested.

Brother hospitals are like brothers, and brothers are divided into older and younger brothers. Why can't Peking Union Medical College Hospital be the elder brother of hand surgery?
There's no such thing as a defined category!
Lu Cheng must have something to rely on to have such courage, so he shouldn't speak rashly.

After all, not many graduate students would dare to dream of working at Huashan Hospital.

However, Zhong Junyun had only told Lu Cheng to apply to Zhongnan Hospital yesterday, and Lu Cheng immediately showed his "chicken feet" (a Chinese idiom meaning to act cowardly). If only he had done so a moment earlier, Zhong Junyun wouldn't have made that decision...

The tendon data measurement is quite fast, and after the data is obtained, someone will professionally register it.

Of course, it's nonsense to just read the data. Although you can see at a glance that Lu Cheng's suture data is good, you still need to do some simple statistical calculations.

A PhD student said, "Master, I'll take the data and analyze it!"

“Okay!” Liang Guocheng nodded. It was his doctor who spoke.

Lu Cheng was about to follow, but Zhong Junyun stopped him: "Don't be nervous, it doesn't matter what the result is. I really didn't expect your tendon suturing technique to be so comprehensive."

"You've been practicing privately for a long time, haven't you?"

Lu Cheng nodded, his expression calm: "It took some effort. Of course, Professor Tong's careful guidance was the most important factor. You can't create anything by working in isolation."

Lu Cheng didn't mention a word about Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

After listening, Zhong Junyun said to Liang Guocheng, "Xiao Lu used to be a resident in Zhongnan Hospital. He was raised in a completely untrained way and could barely keep up with the level of a master's student, but he wasn't outstanding."

Upon hearing this, Liang Guocheng nodded slightly: "Xiao Lu's mastery of suturing techniques is indeed quite remarkable for his age, and the key is that his basic skills are also among the top tier."

"He has no teacher to guide him yet, which shows he is very talented."

In no time, the data was printed out as a table and displayed in front of everyone...

(End of this chapter)