Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1014 - 842: European Spinal Surgery Annual Meeting_2

Chapter 1014: Chapter 842: European Spinal Surgery Annual Meeting_2

But Director Fang’s graduate student was a quick thinker. Seeing that there were quite a number of people in the team, he hurriedly suggested, "Uncle Er’s Grilled Fish. Let’s just go to Uncle Er’s Grilled Fish. It’s close by, the environment is nice, and the dishes are delicious too."

With just those few words, the graduate student Xiao Chen had fixed the location for his mentor, then proceeded to call to reserve a private room. Although they chose to dine at Uncle Er’s Grilled Fish, they still set up several tables, and the expense was not small. Director Fang was in a good mood today and didn’t mind spending the money; he had inadvertently found a passageway through the academic hierarchy—that was to remain forever the second-in-command at the Surgical Research Institute.

In the midst of exchanging toasts with apple cider vinegar, Director Fang finalized a strategic partnership with the Surgical Research Institute.

In this day and age, having a larger vision and setting sights higher were essential to make a significant impact—choice was more important than effort.

The so-called strategic partnership was actually about the Surgical Research Institute providing technical support to the General Surgery Department. Director Fang had clearly positioned himself to wholeheartedly accept the support from Yang Ping.

Although they were in the same hospital, different departments had autonomy. If a department director was not open to receiving help, Yang Ping could not intervene forcibly.

Lik Yunshan, who had formally confirmed the support relationship and was willing to accept the help, Yang Ping would naturally give his all to help them enhance their skills.

After dinner, Director Shi drove home by himself; Director Fang, Song Zimo, and Xu Zhiliang followed Yang Ping to the ICU to check on the patient. For such a major surgery, Yang Ping felt more at ease checking in a couple more times.

The results of the postoperative blood tests carried out by the on-duty doctor had already come out. There was mild anemia preoperatively, which had not obviously worsened, indicating that there was very little bleeding during the surgery.

The levels of ALT and bilirubin were relatively high, which had also been present before the surgery. Pancreatic cancer had caused an obstruction in the bile duct system, leading to an increase in bilirubin in the blood; the tumor had invaded the liver, causing an increase in transaminase levels.

The postoperative obstruction of the bile duct had been relieved, so there was an immediately noticeable effect; bilirubin levels were already somewhat lower than before the surgery, while transaminase levels were still about the same, as recovery of transaminase levels is not immediate even after liver resection. It requires the remaining liver to fully adapt before it can return to normal.

The liver is an organ with a strong regenerative capacity. After part of it is removed, the remaining section can regenerate to grow to approximately the normal size and regain normal function.

This is why liver transplants can be performed with live donors; a donor needs only to give a part of their liver to the recipient. The donor survives with the remaining part of the liver, and the recipient survives with the donated part. Both sections of the liver can continue growing through regenerative capacity, likely reaching the normal size.

The kidney can also undergo live transplantation because humans have two kidneys but only need one to survive.

Heart transplantation cannot be performed with live donors, as removal of the heart is incompatible with life; thus, hearts can only be donated by the deceased.

After part of the stomach is removed, the remaining part can slowly expand to regain its original size.

Nie Shun’e’s kidney function showed no abnormalities; the function of the single kidney was good, and overall, the functions of the several organs involved in the surgical design were stable, without any significant fluctuations.

The vital signs were also normal, and the blood oxygen saturation levels were very good.

"Professor Yang, is there anything we need to pay attention to tonight?" The on-duty doctor asked reverently.

Yang Ping personally conducted the auscultation of the heart and lungs, felt the pulsation of the radial artery and the temperature of the limbs, and observed the amount and color of the urine output from the urine bag. He instructed the on-duty doctor to call him directly if anything arose.

A doctor’s phone is on 24/7, and being readily available to take calls is a basic skill for a doctor.

The postoperative observation of this patient was very complex. In addition to monitoring the function of these organs, it was necessary to dynamically observe blood pressure and hemoglobin concentration. With so many blood vessels anastomosed in the abdominal cavity and the inferior vena cava having undergone an artificial blood vessel transplantation, any rupture of a blood vessel could cause massive internal bleeding, which could be life-threatening.

"How much blood did we prepare?" Yang Ping asked, not allowing any detail to be overlooked.

The duty doctor thought for a moment, "It’s still the blood prepared before surgery; this patient had quite a lot prepared, six units of suspended red blood cells, and 1200 milliliters of plasma."

Yang Ping felt much more relieved hearing this number. Should there be major bleeding in the abdominal cavity, they would need immediate blood transfusion to buy time for the rescue surgery.

All this blood was prepared before surgery and was not used during the operation. Now it’s reserved for post-operation use. Sometimes the Blood Transfusion Department might cancel the reservation if it wasn’t used during surgery, so it was better for Yang Ping to confirm.

"Professor Yang, with your patient, the Blood Transfusion Department will definitely comply. Normally, we have to beg and plead to get blood," the duty doctor said enviously.

Because this patient had blood prepared beforehand, the Blood Transfusion Department even took the initiative to call and say they would keep it for a few more days. Normally, they’re never this proactive. In fact, the Blood Transfusion Department often catches flak from both ends. When blood resources are tight, various departments need blood, and they can’t conjure blood; they can only manage with the resources available.

Yang Ping glanced around the ward, and the duty doctor said, "The artificial liver, bedside dialysis machine, and ECMO are all ready, don’t worry! Our director personally made sure of it."

In critical moments, it’s these high-tech devices that save lives. Many of modern medicine’s essential life-saving devices are in the ICU, and you never see these in regular wards.

After examining the patient, Yang Ping, Song Zimo, Xu Zhiliang, and Director Fang sat in the ICU for a while, mainly to sit down, calm down, and think again if anything was overlooked.

By the time he got home, it was already past eleven at night. Xiao Su and Mrs. Su hadn’t gone to bed yet. Xiao Su was reading in the study, and Mrs. Su was talking on the phone with Professor Su in the living room.

Professor Su was soon going to attend the European Spinal Surgery Annual Meeting. Such academic conferences in North America and Europe generally have a large scale, equivalent to global academic meetings, with spinal surgeons from around the world attending.

In recent years, as China’s medical technology has advanced, Chinese doctors have increasingly appeared at these international conferences. For instance, Professor Su beat Japan to become the chair of the Asia-Pacific Orthopedics Association, marking an increase in our academic influence internationally.

Yang Ping came back, and Xiao Su stopped reading. Besides reading academic books, she had also started reading various parenting books, proactively learning theoretical knowledge ahead of time.

Mrs. Su had prepared some late-night snacks for Yang Ping. Because he had a large appetite after a hard day of surgery, Mrs. Su always worried that her son-in-law might not eat enough, so she prepared extra meals. Mrs. Su’s cooking skills were excellent; she made various exquisite Southern-style dishes and snacks.

Professor Su and Mrs. Su were very fond of their son-in-law, treating him exactly like their own son.

So when a multinational company mercilessly attacked Yang Ping’s new equipment, it enraged Professor Su, who was usually gentle and refined. Using his influence, Professor Su quickly organised a counterattack, helping Ruixing Company defeat the multinational company.

The counterattack was on a grand scale; almost all the hospitals in China removed the multinational company’s equipment, showcasing immense power.

Yang Ping nodded and smiled at his mother-in-law who was on the phone, then started eating the late-night snacks while Xiao Su sat by his side.

"Xiao Yang just got off work. Don’t worry, I’m following him. I’ll take care of my health. There’s late-night snacks, they are hot, fresh, and today’s surgery was in General Surgery; an ex-vivo resection + autologous transplantation of tumors in eight organs, I heard it’s another world first, but I don’t know the details. You talk to Xiao Yang."

Mrs. Su continued talking to Professor Su, then handed the phone to Yang Ping, "Here, talk to your dad."

Since they were all surgeons, they naturally had a lot to talk about. Yang Ping talked with Professor Su for a long time, and Professor Su usually communicated with Yang Ping just like friends, which made Yang Ping feel very comfortable.

Professor Su was going to Europe to attend the Spine Conference, but Yang Ping was not going this time; he did not have time to attend these conferences now.

Originally, Yang Ping wanted to greet August and ask him to take good care of his father-in-law during the conference, but on second thought, he decided it was better not to, as it might seem unnecessary.

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