godfather of surgery

Chapter 362 Psychological Stress Period

Office of Dr. Robert, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA.

The strong aroma of coffee was overflowing, Robert had already drank three cups, and his assistant, Barrell, was sitting opposite him, across the desk from him.

"Barrell, I'll ask you a few questions, and you must answer them truthfully." Robert's face was serious.

Barrell was at a loss, and Robert suddenly called him to the office. After thinking for a long time, he asked a serious question.

This question must be very serious and important. Is it about myself and the female intern doctor?
It shouldn't be, the consensual lover relationship does not violate the relevant regulations of the hospital, nor does it use power to coerce.

"Am I Robert?" Robert leaned his elbows on the table and asked suddenly.

"Yes, Doctor!" Barrell replied passively.

"Is this the New York Hospital for Special Surgery?"

"Yes, Doctor!"

"The orthopedics department of this hospital ranks first in the world?"

"Yes, Doctor!"

"I'm the current president of the North American Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine?"

"Yes, Doctor!"

"Okay, Barrell, go get busy, I want to be alone." Robert's tense facial muscles relaxed, and he waved his hand, indicating that Barrell can go, and the questioning officially ended.

Somehow, just asking these questions?These questions are so childishly simple that they feel weird.

"Doctor! Do you need to call the police or seek psychological assistance?"

Barrel suspected that Robert had a mental problem, something was obviously wrong, and now Robert was fiddling with a spinning top.

"what is this?"

Barrell asked how many times he'd seen Robert play with a top in his office, spinning it on a tabletop, then leaning over his desk and staring at the top until it fell over.

When did Mr. Robert like to play with tops?Barrell was worried, and left immediately without getting up.

"Are you sure you don't need psychological assistance?" Barrell asked again.

The hospital has a psychiatrist who is ready to answer questions and provide psychological counseling for the doctors at any time.

This is a routine configuration in American hospitals. Doctors are a high-risk industry and are under tremendous pressure. Young doctors, especially, often need psychological help.

Barrell always felt that something was wrong with Robert after he came back from China, but there was nothing unusual about him undergoing surgery.

As a colleague and assistant, he has a duty to care about Robert's mental health.

"Don't worry, Barrell, I'm fine. When something goes beyond common sense, I always want to treat it with a scientific attitude. I have done self-analysis on these scales many times. It should be that the psychological stress period has not passed yet. no big deal."

Robert took out several forms and threw them to Barrell, all of which were scales for self-psychological testing.

"If I tell you that when I went to China this time, I saw a young doctor who could be my mentor. His surgery is unparalleled. The gap between me and him is just like the gap between you and me, or even bigger. "Robert's logic is clear.

"Impossible, which is equivalent to saying that a certain street boxer can beat Tyson at his peak. People love to hear about this, but the fact is that it is impossible, no matter in terms of training time, training intensity, training methods, competition experience, coach configuration , nutritional support, no street boxer can beat Tyson." Barrell's analysis is not unreasonable.

"If it's the Hulk, it's easy to beat Tyson."

"That's Marvel bullshit!"

"But in fact, I saw it. Well, Barrell, I won't argue with you. I haven't seen how many patients are scheduled for this month."

"Long Island has seven more, one of whom is a professional football player with a multiligament rupture in his knee."

Robert's luxury clinic is located in Long Island, New York. Every week, Robert takes time to go to his own clinic for surgery, of course Barrell and others follow him.

This clinic is actually a luxurious specialized hospital, which has the authority of all sports medicine operations. Many sports stars have completed operations here and then received rehabilitation treatment from the clinic's rehabilitation team.

They receive a one-stop service from diagnosis to surgery to recovery.

The huge operation fee, only those who don’t care about money will choose this place. Of course, Robert will not disappoint. His superb technology has made the operation effect the first for a long time, inheriting the tradition of his grandfather and father. Long-term follow-up.

That is to say, he has the best follow-up service in the world. It is said that the surgery patients performed by his grandfather are also followed up in his clinic.

Some patients were unable to obtain good results due to the limitation of medical technology at that time. When they came to Robert Jr., they underwent revision with the latest surgery.

This is a clinic that has been in operation for three generations. Looking back, his ancestors are Germans, that is, Robert is of German descent. His grandfather was also a famous doctor in Germany.

Multi-ligament reconstruction of the knee joint!

The word used to frustrate Robert, an operation he never really had success with.

The real success is to allow athletes to recover their athletic ability and return to the field, which Robert cannot do.

Now, when he heard this word, he didn't have the previous sense of fear, he just said lightly:
"What's new with Andrew Jr.'s specialized surgical instruments and implants? How has OrthoPediatrics responded?"

"The engineer said that the sample could appear in front of you next week. He said that if you were not a doctor, they would lose their jobs. The device you designed is too delicate. I don't know if you have applied for a patent. He suggested that you apply for a patent."

"It was not designed by me, but by my teacher. No, I never steal. Tell them, just produce according to the drawings. If they dare to secretly apply for a patent, I promise to make them bankrupt."

"your teacher?"

Barrell had never heard Robert refer to his father that way. He always referred to him as Mr. Robert of Florida because his father lived in Palm Beach, Florida.

It is well known that Robert's teacher was his father.

"Don't get me wrong, I mean a Chinese doctor, yes, don't be so surprised, he is my teacher, the lucky veteran's operation method, he pioneered, but I haven't learned it yet, Barrell , let me tell you, his surgery patients can return to the game, I have seen with my own eyes, he is the best sports medicine doctor in the world."

"You mean, you mean, you went to China this time just to visit this teacher?" Barrell couldn't believe it.

Robert replied naturally: "Yes!"

"It's a magical hospital with amazing doctors. Not everyone has this opportunity. Even if I was there, I was only allowed to stand outside the yellow line to observe. If you were Barrell, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have the qualifications to enter the operating room." No, a trauma surgeon from Japan respectfully makes tea for their teaching secretary every day, yes, my teacher also used arthroscopy to complete the olive nucleus carving of the knee joint model."

"Olive nucleus engraving under arthroscopy? Are you sure you are talking about real existence instead of imagination?"

"I can swear, if there is even the slightest lie, Carmela will marry me." Robert put his hand on his chest.

God, only Barrell knows the weight of this vow, how can he bear to marry a woman.

"Little Andrew's operation, I have decided to ask my teacher to do it. You are ready, I will contact the teacher and ask him when he is free and can fly to the United States."

"Barel, keep your eyes open and prepare a spinning top when the time comes, otherwise you will think you are in a dream, listen to me, that's right."

Barrell caught a glimpse of the spinning top on his desk, no wonder, it was used for this purpose.

"The operation will be arranged in Long Island, and we should prepare as soon as possible. This is the first time I have asked the teacher to perform an operation. There can be no neglect. Once the teacher's time is confirmed, we will be able to start the stage."

Barrell now feels that Robert is normal. He can't make fun of little Andrew, let alone gamble with the reputation of practicing medicine for generations. He can be sure that this person really exists.

Moreover, the patient of Robert's new operation, the naval lieutenant, had a very good postoperative effect. Dr. Robert has never had such an effect in this kind of operation, and the facts will not lie.

Robert took out the printed drawings and put them on the desk: "Barel, come here and have a look!"

"Be careful, your arm wrinkled the drawing." Robert pushed Barrell's arm that touched the drawing.

"You see, he cleverly avoided the epiphysis, no matter the tibia or the femur, he used the bypass method to suspend the ligament away from the epiphysis, and he made the end embedded design, you can see that they still play a good role , This is a genius idea, why didn't I think of doing this." Robert happily explained.

Barrell is also an expert in sports medicine. After a little help from Robert, he saw the mystery of it. Indeed, the genius idea completely solved the difficulty of children's anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

"Do you want me to do anything?" Barrell was very excited.

Robert thought for a while: "For all patients who have made an appointment, if the shoulder joint and knee joint have multiple ligament ruptures, I will notify them in advance to do MRI and CT examinations, and complete the motion analysis. Now for all such patients, I will ask the teacher to perform the surgery. Until I really master this kind of operation, I will do it as soon as possible, and I will get the data in advance."

"I'm notifying the Long Island Clinic right now," Barrell said.

(End of this chapter)