godfather of surgery

Chapter 896 You are one of the heavenly soldiers who surrounded and suppressed the Great Sage.

The European Spine Surgery Annual Meeting is a de facto world academic feast for spine surgery, with more than 6,000 doctors from all over the world gathering together.

Among the Japanese doctors who came to participate in the meeting were Masao Fujiwara from the University of Tokyo Medical School Hospital, and Takahashi, Sasaki, and Mitsui who came with Fujiwara.

As one of the leaders of spine surgery in Japan, Atsushi Kobayashi of Juntendo Hospital in Japan also brought several doctors to the meeting. The team of spine surgeon Ryoichi Yoshimura of Keio University Hospital.

Of course, other hospitals in Japan also sent doctors to participate, but compared to Tokyo University Affiliated Hospital and Juntendo Hospital, the role of other hospitals in this academic conference was a bit like a bystander.

More doctors from the United States attended the conference. The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and the Minnesota Twin Cities Spine Surgery Hospital sent many doctors. Among them, Woodhead represented the Minnesota Twin Cities Spine Center.

Among the many hospitals in the United States participating in the conference, one hospital is very eye-catching, and that is the Texas Scottish Rite Children's Hospital. The world's most authoritative academic institution for spinal deformity research is the International Scoliosis Research Society. Many of the presidents of this society are from the Scottish Rite. Children's Hospital.

The representative of this hospital, Dr. Martin Jerry, is the current president of the International Scoliosis Research Society. His academic speech was ranked behind August.

The big names sitting in the front row are all from these hospitals.

They were all shocked by Song Zimo's speech. In the past twenty years, they have gone around in circles, but no one has broken through the iron wall of technology. Now Chinese doctors are unparalleled and have opened up a new path for spine surgery.

Chinese doctors have not only achieved great innovation in theory, but also have a lot of practical experience, and have demonstrated the application of three spinal correction technologies in three surgeries.

At this time, Professor Su and Professor Liang were sitting in the first row. They felt very proud that the protagonists of this academic conference turned out to be Chinese doctors. It was like the waves behind the Yangtze River pushed the waves ahead. They were full of confidence in the future of Chinese medicine. In the future, China of young people destined to dominate the world.

In addition to China, the United States, Britain and Germany, many doctors from France, Italy and other countries also participated in the conference.

Now, Song Zimo is performing the second surgery. The second surgery is more technical than the first, but the operation is simpler.

The second surgery was performed using a minimally invasive method, using several small incisions to complete the entire operation. All the experts present at the meeting were surprised that scoliosis correction could be done in this way.

If the second operation was completed with a small incision, then the third operation would not require an incision at all and would be completed directly by puncture. The diameter of the puncture needle was actually much smaller than that used for vertebroplasty.

After Song Zimo's three surgical performances, the entire venue went crazy. The techniques brought by Chinese doctors were so magical. These are the techniques that spine surgeons dream of.

In particular, some of the world's top doctors at the conference were deeply moved. Chinese doctors solved their pain points and realized their dreams.

Once upon a time, they were most afraid of serious complications - paralysis when performing difficult scoliosis corrections.

Especially in the early days of surgery, the rate of paralysis was still very low. With the accumulation of experience, the rate of paralysis dropped to a very low level, but the burden still existed, and it was positively correlated with the degree of spinal deformity.

Even using a spinal cord evoked potential monitor is of no help, because monitoring is just monitoring, and its role is only to provide a timely reminder when spinal cord injury occurs.

At that time, many doctors thought that it would be great if there was a way to avoid this complication. Now this technology has appeared, that is, Young's osteotomy theory. It no longer has to cross the river by feeling for stones and uses scientific theory to avoid this complication. Huge risk.

When the Ilizarov technique was used to correct limb deformities, some spine surgeons thought it would be great if this technique could be used for spinal correction, so that there would be no need to fix so many spinal segments and no need to worry about sudden corrections. Can cause spinal cord damage.

Because the external fixator is an elastic fixation and is not an absolutely stable fixation method, the spine loses stability after osteotomy, and stable fixation cannot be obtained with the external fixator. The patient's spine is easily dislocated, leading to spinal cord injury. This has become a deadlock in the application of external fixators in spinal orthopedics.

In the face of this huge difficulty, few people are studying the application of this technology in the spine, and the research of a few teams has also stalled in the face of difficulties, or has given up one after another.

Epiphyseal block technology has been used to a certain extent in the correction of limb deformities, and then some doctors used it for spinal correction. Because of the complexity of spinal growth and the imprecision of epiphyseal tissue, this technology can only be used in spinal correction. For simple scoliosis deformity in children.

Judging from animal experiments, Chinese doctors have mastered the precise epiphyseal block technology and obtained a large amount of basic data on spinal growth. With the support of these technologies and data, the epiphyseal precise correction technology can be used to correct any degree of spinal deformity in children. Of course, the patient must have sufficient room for growth and development, and this space must cover the patient's spinal deformity.

If this precise epiphyseal block technology is applied back to the orthopedics of limbs, almost all skeletal deformities in children can be corrected as long as it is applied at the right time.

Judging from the surgery demonstrated by Song Zimo, the surgery is extremely safe and minimally invasive. It only needs to implant the epiphyseal blocker through puncture under the monitoring of a C-arm machine or navigation system.

The entire operation can be completed under local anesthesia, and the patient can get out of bed and carry out normal activities on the second day after the operation. A few days later, he can participate in sports normally. During the entire orthopedic process, the patient is exactly the same as a normal person.

Spinal deformities can be corrected quietly and safely without any interruption to normal life and study.

Among the doctors sitting in the first row was an expert. He had mixed feelings about this matter, feeling both excited and disappointed.

He is Dr. Walhayden, the director of the Spine Surgery Center of the Belk Foundation Hospital in France. The Belk Foundation Hospital in France is the hospital where two CD masters, Professor Cotrel and Professor Dubousset, previously worked.

In 1983, Dr. Yves Cotrel met Dr. Jean Dubousset, and the two hit it off immediately and became close friends. Together they pioneered the revolutionary three-dimensional scoliosis orthopedic concept and based on this concept designed the first-generation spinal orthopedic system CD spinal internal fixation. system, so they are the inventors of modern three-dimensional scoliosis correction and the originator of modern spinal correction.

Yves Cotrel is not only the inventor of modern three-dimensional scoliosis orthopedics, but also the founder of the famous spinal surgical instrument manufacturer Sofamor SA. He founded this company earlier in 1973. .

In 1998, Medtronic exchanged shares for US$36 billion to acquire Pivot and Danli to gain a dominant position in the spinal product market. This shows that Pivot has a leading position in the world of spinal surgical instruments.

Dr. Walhayden was a student of these two masters. Not only did he listen carefully to Song Zimo's speech, but during the tea break, he also noticed a Chinese medical device company, which is Ruixing Company.

This Chinese company produces almost all orthopedic equipment, including orthopedic products in various fields of sports medicine, joints, spine, and trauma. The spine products not only have a wide variety, but also have extremely high technological content, such as new three-dimensional fixation systems, spinal external fixation frames, epiphyseal blockers, etc., each of which is a disruptive and innovative product.

From this point of view, the innovation of Chinese doctors is not a partial innovation, but a systematic innovation. From surgical concepts to surgical techniques to surgical instruments, a complete closed-loop system has been established, as did Yves Cotrel and Jean Dubousset back then. System innovation is carried out in this way.

And Woodhead, who is from Twin Cities Spine Surgery in the United States, is sitting in the front row. He is one of several American spine experts. At this time, he is in great pain because he has not passed CET-4 and has missed so many things. , if you had passed Level 4, you might have learned these techniques by now and become proficient in their application.

August has actually participated in the research of precise epiphyseal block technology and is at the forefront of spinal surgery, but he is already far behind.

Woodhead decided to pass Chinese Level 4 no matter what and get the opportunity to go to Sanbo Hospital for further studies. Japan's Masao Fujiwara was also in a complicated mood at this time. He and Professor Yang Ping had known each other for a long time. Not only did they conduct surgical demonstrations at the fraternity academic conference with Sanbo Hospital, but they also invited Yang Ping to perform surgery at the University of Tokyo Hospital. His uncle's surgery was performed by Professor Yang Ping. Yang Ping was the surgeon.

Unexpectedly, Yang Ping made such rapid progress. At that time, he also encouraged the younger generation of his team to work hard and strive to surpass Yang Ping of Sanbo Hospital.

But now it seems that the distance is getting farther and farther. Now there is not just one Yang Ping, but a strong team.

In the past, Yang Ping's back could be seen in the distance, but now the back of Yang Ping running in front could not be seen at all.

Feelings of depression, despair and sadness gathered in Fujiwara's heart.

Masao Fujiwara has a very troublesome thing now. His sister Miyuki Fujiwara has been fascinated by Professor Yang Ping since she went to China. Unfortunately, Yang Ping is already married, so Miyuki has decided to be single and not to marry. Even the family has already discussed it. The marriage has been rejected by Miyuki without hesitation.

Fujiwara really regretted sending his sister to China to attend the academic conference.

Takahashi, Sasaki and Mitsui were also sitting in the second row at this time.

Sasaki and Mitsui are rare genius doctors in Japan. As talented students at the University of Tokyo, they were considered by their previous generation of professors to be medical geniuses rare in Japan for a century.

Of course, they are worthy of their name. Not only do they have top-notch academic performance, but their academic achievements after practicing are also very dazzling. They are simply all-around supermen in orthopedics.

In the past, Yang Ping performed surgeries at the University of Tokyo. They had always been worried about Yang Ping. They believed that as long as they worked hard, they could one day surpass Yang Ping. Yang Ping was just because of the large number of surgeries and the large base of Chinese patients.

Originally, this time they also brought their own academic achievements to the conference to give speeches, hoping to meet Yang Ping and see what he was like.

Yang Ping did not come, but his assistant came. His assistant was the first to give a speech and was the absolute protagonist of the conference.

Sasaki Hemitsui now feels that there is a gap between himself and Song Zimo. He is just an assistant to Yang Ping.

Why are we chasing each other further and further away? How could this happen?

"Takahashi, you have been to China. Is Song Zimo the most powerful orthopedic surgeon in China?"

Sasaki asked Takahashi beside him, he could only think this way.

"No, Song Zimo is just Yang Ping's assistant. Yang Ping has another assistant like him, not far to our left." Takahashi said with a smile.

Sasaki and Mitsui turned around and looked over. Indeed, there was a Chinese doctor not far to the left, wearing a Chinese tunic suit.

However, this guy's hair was messy and he looked a bit slovenly. He was sitting there without squinting and saying nothing, looking very arrogant.

"Is it that guy?" Mitsui pointed at Xu Zhiliang quietly.

"Yes, he is also an insurmountable mountain for you." Takahashi said lightly.

How can it be?

Sasaki and Mitsui said so with their expressions.

"I have long said that Professor Yang is an insurmountable mountain. If you can't do it, no one can. It's not me who wants to beat you. Your hope of overcoming Dr. Song is slim. The one you just saw with disheveled hair is Dr. Xu. , if you want to get over Professor Yang, you must first get over him. I think your hope is still very slim. After you get over him, you have to get over Dr. Song, and finally you can hope to climb the highest mountain. However, the first step is to climb to the sky. "

Takahashi said slowly, he didn't want to irritate these two geniuses.

"He is also very powerful?" Mitsui Fusuke was very depressed.

"Not only is he powerful, he is very powerful. He was trained by Professor Yang himself. Regardless of his ordinary appearance, when it comes to surgery, no one in the venue today can beat him. The only one who can beat him is the one trained by Professor Yang. Another student, Dr. Song, who you just saw, completed the most difficult scoliosis correction in one hour. They have performed thousands of scoliosis surgeries, and currently none of them has spinal cord injury, not even the mildest one. They The scoliosis cases that I am in charge of are the most difficult." Takahashi felt that his two fellow disciples were a bit ignorant and always struggled with each other.

After seeing Yang Ping's surgery last time, they were conquered, but they were still unconvinced and hoped to work hard to surpass Yang Ping academically.

Because Tianren is considered a genius by everyone and has achieved outstanding results at a young age, it is difficult for him to bow down to a Chinese doctor.

"Takahashi, you have completely insulted our dignity, and you actually went to China to worship him as your teacher. Teacher Fujiwara is also strange, and he actually supports you." Mitsui was very dissatisfied.

"I understand your feelings very well. You are geniuses in the hearts of everyone, but even if you become an immortal through a lifetime of practice, you will eventually become one of the one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers who surround and suppress the Great Sage." Takahashi said slowly.

Mitsui and Sasaki turned their heads at the same time and looked at Takahashi.

It hurts my heart, it really hurts my heart!

These words hit the Achilles' heel of Sasaki and Mitsui. At this time, the two of them felt very uncomfortable and felt a little breathless.

"This is the level of a great sage!"

Takahashi handed a Chinese journal to Sasaki next to him. Sasaki flipped through it. He couldn't understand Chinese at all.

"Let's wait until the Japanese version comes out and watch it."

Takahashi got his journal back.

(End of this chapter)