godfather of surgery

Chapter 968 Rich!

Totally thoracoscopic sequential allogeneic lung transplantation!
What a resounding name! In fact, the professional term seems obscure and difficult to pronounce, but it is easy to understand when translated into popular language. Total thoracoscopic surgery means that the entire operation is completed under thoracoscopy. The thoracoscope as a tool does not play a partial auxiliary role, but plays a major role in the entire operation.

Allogeneic means that the organ donor is human, while allogeneic means that the organ is not the patient's own but is provided by someone else. If a pig's organ is transplanted into a human body, it is called a xenotransplantation, while if a patient's own organ is removed and then re-implanted, it is called an autologous transplant.

The sequential convention means that the two lungs are not transplanted at the same time, but in a certain order.

Director He Xiangjun pondered the name of the procedure left by Yang Ping, and then consulted a large amount of information. Finally, he confirmed that this might really be the world's first case and a brand new procedure. No hospital or doctor in the world today uses thoracoscopy for lung transplantation.

Zhejiang University Second Hospital, which claims to be the country's leader in lung transplants, did not do so, and neither did major organ transplant centers in Europe and the United States.

Come on, the first case in the world!
Director He clenched his fists. Would this be too big a step? Would it be too big to jump directly to the world's number one? Would it be too big to get his balls torn off? No, with Professor Yang's support, his balls wouldn't be torn off.

Are there other doctors in the world trying this procedure now? Hurry up and don't let others get ahead of you.

Thinking of this, Director He couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Director, shall we go to the animal laboratory in a few days to get a few pigs for this new surgery?" asked Xiao Yu, a graduate student of Director He.

Director He said firmly and decisively: "What do you mean by a few days? Contact them right now and start the animal surgery experiment as soon as possible. Time is of the essence. We must race against time."

Director He did not want to stay for a moment and rushed to the animal surgery laboratory with Xiaoyu. The animal surgery laboratory has now expanded in size, and the newly renovated soundproof and noise-removing laboratory has been put into use. In addition, because many doctors in the hospital are keen on this surgical training model, the animal surgery laboratory is now standardized and divided into many areas, one department is one area, so as not to mix together and fight over a pig. There is also a strict process for the use of pigs to avoid waste.

Using animals to simulate surgery is indeed a good method, but it requires a lot of investment, both equipment and animals cost money. However, Dean Xia doesn't care about these. His goal is to build a world-class excellent hospital. These pigs are nothing.

The golden training time for surgeons is right after graduation. At this time, they have solid theoretical knowledge and strong plasticity. Just like playing basketball, if you start learning at the age of 40, you will never be able to reach a high level. Therefore, the earlier the surgical training, the better. For doctors, right after graduation is the early time.

However, the training system of many domestic hospitals is extremely backward. Young doctors who have just graduated have no one to teach them and have to figure things out on their own. If the department director is a total knife tyrant, the young doctor will be in trouble and it may be difficult for them to make a name for themselves. There are quite a few such knife tyrants, who take charge of all technical surgeries themselves and do not allow others to get involved at all, let alone take the initiative to teach young people. Of course, these knife tyrants have a good reason: for medical safety.

It sounds like that's the case, but in fact it's all about interests. He is afraid that others will snatch the surgery and take away his piece of the pie.

When he was in the Municipal People's Hospital, Yang Ping knew that the director of the general surgery department was a famous knife tyrant. He was the only one who could perform all laparoscopic operations, and this type of operation was completely monopolized by him. Anyone who performed this operation would be scolded by him. Of course, his scolding was also high-sounding, accusing doctors of having no safety awareness and being irresponsible to patients.

This is a dead end. Senior doctors don’t teach or allow young doctors to practice, so young doctors will never learn. Since they haven’t learned, they will always be blocked from the door.

The current Director Chen of the Municipal People's Hospital was the director of the Medical Department back then. In order to break the deadlock in the general surgery department, he resisted the pressure and arranged for a young doctor to go out for further studies. After returning after one year of training, the director asked the doctor to try laparoscopy. The doctor was very happy and put what he had learned in further studies into practice. After performing several operations, everyone felt that his level was much higher than that of the director.

As a result, the department director directly suspended his surgical privileges, saying that he did not yet have the ability to perform surgery. For the sake of medical safety, he was allowed to grow for a few more years. From then on, this doctor was not allowed to even touch a mirror. After a few years, the skills he had learned in further training were wasted.

Dean Xia was most afraid of this situation, so he learned from the system of the First Affiliated Hospital and adopted the master-apprentice system. If the apprentice could not become a master within the specified time, it meant that the master's level was not good enough, and the master's surgical authority would be suspended and the master would be investigated to find out whether it was the master who was not good enough or the apprentice who refused to learn.

This investigation is very torturous. Those who are in charge of the investigation are members of the hospital's expert group. Not to mention that each of these people is very powerful, according to the investigation procedure, the experts will secretly interview the anesthesiologists, nurses, and doctors in the operating room one by one, and soon the truth will come out. If any department director is a knife tyrant, it will not be hidden at all. Since they have the power to bring him down, any doctor who is willing to condone the existence of a knife tyrant will definitely beat him to death.

Director He walked around the animal laboratory and found that the busiest place was the Sports Medicine Center. It was clearly time to get off work, but almost all the doctors were practicing surgery.

At the current sports medicine center, any PhD has rich surgical experience and can be a department director in any part of the country. While other PhDs are still making promises or writing papers for the director, the PhDs at Sanbo Hospital have already performed hundreds and thousands of surgeries. While other PhDs have just obtained the director's approval and are holding the knife handle with fear and trepidation, the PhDs at Sanbo Hospital have already started thinking about improving the surgical procedure and sublimating their vast surgical experience.

"There is a shortage of experimental pigs now, and many departments are waiting for new stock."

After inquiring, graduate student Xiaoyu came back immediately to report.

''out of stock?"

Director He was stunned. Are pigs out of stock now?

Sanbo Hospital is now wealthy and powerful, with plenty of money. Not only does it have sufficient funding from Yang Ping's foundation, but it also has huge funds allocated by the state.

Although Sanbo Hospital is rich, it is helpless because the animal department of Nandu Medical University is not strong enough and the supply of experimental pigs cannot keep up.

It’s not that the Animal Department of Nandu Medical University cannot supply, but the experimental pig farm behind it has insufficient production capacity. They have never thought that a hospital would purchase in this way. It takes time for piglets to grow, so they cannot supply for the time being.

The area that Director He transferred to the Surgical Research Institute was also very lively. Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang were instructing everyone to perform various operations. Who wouldn't want to practice more and acquire good skills as soon as possible? Once their professional title is promoted, they can lead a team of their own. How impressive it would be. The key is that their income would also increase.

A pig can be used for many surgeries. If used properly, a pig can be used for hundreds of surgeries. It's just that this is cruel to the pig. But there is no other way. For the sake of human health, pigs can only make certain sacrifices.

A pig had to be brought in. Director He went to each section one by one, picking the weak ones. In the urology department, there were several young doctors performing surgery, and there were no highly qualified director-level doctors on site, so he immediately scolded these young doctors.

It is such a waste of resources for a group of young doctors to learn how to circumcise by using such a big pig. Wouldn't it be better for them to go to the outpatient operating room to circumcise each other? This would not only solve their own smegma problems and prevent penis cancer, but also help them practice their techniques. Besides, there are so many circumcision surgeries performed every day in the outpatient clinic, why do they still need to use pigs for experiments? This is an improper use and a waste.

The experimental pig was finally obtained, and Director He prepared to work overtime to perform the operation.

Lung transplantation requires ECMO support. This thing is so expensive, how can it be used for animal experiments? It would be a waste of time.

Yang Ping came over at that moment, and Director He sighed and said, "Without ECMO, this operation cannot be performed. The experimental pig died before the operation was completed, so there is no way to evaluate the postoperative effect."

Yang Ping glanced at Director He and said, "It seems you come here often. There is already an ECMO machine here, but you have to wait in line to use it. How about this, I will transfer another one over."

So Yang Ping started calling the head of the equipment department and asked him to transfer an ECMO to the animal surgery laboratory.

Director He knows clearly how much an ECMO unit costs, and once it is transferred to the animal laboratory, it is impossible to take it back to the ward for patients, so once it is transferred, it will be used here exclusively.

After finishing the call, Yang Ping said, "Wait a minute, the equipment department will be here soon."

Local tycoon!

This was the only word Director He could come up with.