godfather of surgery

Chapter 346 Ten Cups of Tea

After seeing the arthroscopic microcarving of the fruit core, Robert regretted it very much.

I regret that I set off too hastily and didn't bring some decent gifts.

In the next few days, Robert became more and more curious about general orthopedics, because it was completely different from their hospital.

The most important surgical indications are different. Some patients who are considered to have no surgical value or even relatively contraindicated surgery have become surgical indications here.

These patients, scattered throughout the corridors, wearing braces and performing postoperative gait training, often gather to communicate with each other.

Among them, many patients who have undergone multiple ligament reconstruction of the shoulder joint and knee joint are mostly professional athletes, including football and basketball players.

Whether it is doctors, nurses or patients, it seems that they have no awareness of the difficulty of this operation, and they do not feel like they are facing an enemy. They are no different from treating ordinary patients with ACL reconstruction.

On the second day after surgery, these patients were allowed to walk freely in the corridor with the brace, and they walked to the recovery room for rehabilitation training by themselves.

With the permission of Zhang Lin, Robert performed stability tests on several patients with multiple ligament reconstruction of the knee joint. Whether it was manual inspection or KT2000 test, the stability was very good, and returning to the game in the future would not be a problem at all.

Robert felt that he had traveled to a parallel world. If it weren't for a magical paper, he would have no idea that there are such doctors and technologies in China on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.

After watching Song Zimo's surgery for several days in a row, Robert was a little ashamed. The level of this assistant is not inferior to his own, and even the level of shoulder and knee multiple ligament reconstruction is completely beyond his level.

Today, I can finally see Dr. Yang Ping performing the surgery, and Robert followed everyone to the operating room early.

How could Director Gao be absent when Yang Ping was undergoing surgery? He hurried to arrive before the surgery started.

Now, under Yang Ping's guidance, Lao Gao's technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, whether it is the multi-ligament reconstruction of the knee joint or the shoulder joint.

Director Gao quietly entered the operating room, he was used to this, Robert greeted Gao who came in in blunt Chinese: "Hello!"

Everyone was wearing hats and masks, so they couldn't see their faces, but seeing the eyes of Europeans and Americans, Lao Gao felt that this person looked familiar, and he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

Director Gao worked as a visiting scholar at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery for a year, and met several foreigners. He always felt that this person's eyes were very familiar.

Maybe they came to study again. The Japanese came, and it is not surprising that there are Yankees and Europeans.

Foreigners all look alike, Director Gao has no time to investigate, he is familiar with the road, finds the best viewing angle, and occupies the position in advance.

Robert found that Lao Gao's position was very good and safe, and it was very convenient whether watching the screen or on the operating table, so he stood against Lao Gao.

Director Gao didn't mean to give up his seat, so it's okay to squeeze a bit, they are all here to study, first come, first served, who told him not to take the initiative, came so early, and wandered around the operating room.

Lao Gao has already mastered the basic techniques of this type of operation, and has started to fine-tune the ligament balance.

At present, the number of such patients is relatively large, and with Yang Ping as guidance and guidance in technology, Lao Gao has made rapid progress.

If he works harder and learns the fine-tuning of ligament balance, he will enter the advanced ranks of the country and accumulate more surgical experience. For this type of surgery alone, Lao Gao will probably be among the first echelons of the world.

After finishing the preparatory work for the operation, Yang Ping took over the camera and started the operation.

This racing-like operation speed made the New York gentleman's eyes widen, and he was really worried that the eyeballs would be ejected due to excessive force.

Not to mention the operation under the microscope, the carving of the fruit core prevented Robert from returning to normal thinking for a few days.

For the reconstruction of the anterior fork and the posterior fork ligament, no positioning tools are used, and a tunnel is directly opened on the tibial femur with bare hands. However, in this way, the starting point and ending point of the ligament can be very precise.

Whether it is the posteromedial structure or the posterolateral structure, the complicated starting and ending of ligaments are as simple as drawing a line in Yang Ping's hands.

Robert stood outside the yellow line, his forward body blocked Director Gao's vision, and this foreigner was a bit selfish, he squeezed a little bit, and Lao Gao kindly stepped aside a little, but this guy made an inch of it and kept encroaching on Lao Gao's space.

Lao Gao was a little dissatisfied, pushed Robert away, and stood back to his place.

Robert was excited to see it, relying on his tall and strong body, he swung his body slightly and pushed Lao Gao away again, as if he did it with confidence.

To give him some space, he had to make progress. Lao Gao became angry, but the difference in size was too big, and he couldn't squeeze him, so he immediately called Zhang Lin: "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang!"

Zhang Lin heard Director Gao's voice: "Director Gao, what's wrong?"

"This international friend, what's the matter, you're a new student here? Why don't you have any discipline, and you're always crowded." Lao Gao complained.

Zhang Lin took a glance. The two stood together just now, and now Robert is occupying the position alone, which is indeed a bit of a bully.

"Robert, discipline! Obey the discipline! Otherwise, I have the right to prohibit you from entering the operating room." Zhang Lin warned Robert seriously.

I don't care whether you are from Japan or the United States. In my territory, you have to obey the rules obediently, otherwise you don't discuss it.

Robert moved away a little immediately, pointing his chin at the vacant place, meaning I admit defeat, leave half here for you, and continued to observe the operation with his eyes.

Witnessing how seriously the Japanese were helping Zhang Lin make tea, Robert could also guess that this teaching secretary has a lot of power, just like the New York Hospital for Special Surgery, all the trainees are under his control.

He can give or prohibit the trainees the power to carry out certain actions, and even suggest to the hospital to dismiss the trainees.

Robert?
No way?How could I be so familiar with the figure and voice of this foreigner? Could it be Robert from New York?
At that time, the teacher taught by Director Gao was Robert Corey's other attending doctor. Robert was the head of the department and an academic leader. How could Lao Gao not know him.

I actually met Dr. Robert in the operating room. Anyone who is serious about sports medicine knows Robert. He is the chairman of the North American Society of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy and the director of the Sports Medicine Department of the New York Hospital for Special Surgery.

Why is he here? Old Gao was wondering.

The guy was standing outside the yellow line, with his feet touching the line, but not crossing it, and he didn't bat an eye.

His eyes switched back and forth between the operating table and the screen, just like when he was observing the operation at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery.

"Robert from New York Hospital for Special Surgery?" Director Gao asked Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin nodded: "I came here a few days ago to learn surgery from Dr. Yang."

I can be sure that it is him, the playboy Robert, no matter who he is now, Director Gao has no time to strike up a conversation, and continues to observe quietly.

Even if the president of the United States is standing here, don't try to stop him from watching the operation. The president of the United States has nothing to do with Gao, but this operation has a lot to do with Gao.

The entire operation took half an hour to complete, and the step of ligament balance adjustment was directly ignored, without this step.

Could it be?He didn't need to adjust it deliberately. After the operation, the ligaments were naturally adjusted, and the hand felt this way?
This kind of surgery opened Robert's horizons. Usually, he opened others' horizons, but this time it was his turn to open his horizons.

After the operation, the affected limb was bandaged, and the sterile drape was removed. ,

Robert didn't dare to go one step further, and asked outside the yellow line: "Can I do a knee examination for the patient? It's under your supervision."

This kind of non-invasive physical examination is still possible in the presence of doctors from our hospital.

Yang Ping also knew that he wanted to check the effect of the operation, so he agreed to let him try it.

Robert put on the gloves, finished the whole knee joint examination, raised his thumbs with both hands, and raised his eyebrows: "Unbelievable, the stability of the knee joint is very good."

The joint is very stable, and I really doubt whether it has been damaged. After each operation, he hopes to obtain such a feeling, but for many years, he has never been able to obtain such a feeling. Today, he finally found it.

This feeling is wonderful, and Robert fiddled with it a few more times. If he was in New York, in his own operating room, with his own surgery, he would be so happy to dance.

This operation is many times better than the operation I performed according to the thesis. This is the operation that can return to the game, and this is the operation that ends the retirement syndrome.

During this trip to China, Robert almost discovered the New World, which is a magical place, amazing people, and amazing technology.

No one understands the great significance of this operation better than Robert. If this effect can be achieved, many sports superstars will not have to leave the field sadly.

For this kind of surgery, Robert tried his best, cooperated with Cornell University and Columbia University, and used computer technology, 3D imaging technology and motion analysis technology to try to find the best balance, but it was still not satisfactory.

For this kind of patients, patients from all over the world line up to look for him, and regard him as the end point of their journey to seek medical treatment. Through his hands, patients have reached the end of today's world medicine.

Generally, after Robert's surgery, the patient can gain the ability to walk normally. With luck, he can continue some jogging and other sports, but it will be a matter of time before he retires.

If you want to achieve the level of Dr. Yang, you can't rely on standardized operations, you must gain his experience. When the surgical methods are the same, the gap lies in the experience.

To gain experience, not everyone is willing to teach. Even Robert himself, facing students all over the world, will not have enough patience to share his little bit of experience, unless he is his lover.

It's a pity that he is not allowed to go to the operating table, otherwise he would learn more. He is very envious of Takahashi, how can he perform surgery with Dr. Yang on the stage.

Seeing is believing. The engraving of fruit stones under the microscope for the first time, and the current arthroscopic surgery made Robert a little confused. He always thought of China as a mysterious country, and now, this mystery has been deepened.

When Bruce Lee's movies were popular in the United States, as long as American hooligans saw Chinese wearing cloth shoes, they would obediently avoid them, kung fu!
Now Robert has this illusion. The entire operating room is full of special skills. He just accidentally squeezed the doctor next to him, and he feels very guilty.

"I'm sorry!" Robert said in toneless Chinese.

In front of Yang Ping, his surgery level had obviously dropped by several levels, and he was world-class. Robert, who had been standing at the top of the pyramid for a long time, was very uncomfortable.

"This kind of surgery, it is difficult for you to achieve a very high level in the short term, starting with ordinary people, then professional athletes of non-combat sports, and finally professional athletes of strong confrontational sports, such as football, basketball, etc. .” Yang Ping is not stingy about sharing his experience with everyone.

Compared with others, experience is much cheaper for him. As long as he wants, he can accumulate decades of experience of others in an instant.

"Zhang, help you make tea, can you get the chance to perform surgery?"

Robert saw an opportunity, dragged Zhang Lin to a corner, and showed the translation software on his mobile phone.

"If possible, let me make tea for you. I'll make ten cups for you every day. That Japanese man can't do it. He doesn't pay attention to hygiene and doesn't wash his hands before making tea."

"Cigars, Cuban, I have a lot, I'll bring them to you tomorrow."

Robert felt that he had found a shortcut to the East.

(End of this chapter)