Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1015 - 843 The Excellent Weight Loss Spokesperson

Chapter 1015: Chapter 843 The Excellent Weight Loss Spokesperson

The next morning, Yang Ping hurried to the ICU to make his rounds.

Nie Shun’e’s vital signs were very stable, and her blood pressure had risen slightly from last night’s. Without any transfusions, her hemoglobin had also seen a slight increase, indicating no apparent internal bleeding.

Various biochemical indicators were also good. Her blood sugar was a bit lower than last night’s results but still much higher, indicating that the remaining pancreas was not compensating quickly enough.

The transaminases had decreased a bit, and the bilirubin had dropped significantly, with no major changes in the other indicators.

An insulin pump had been set up for Nie Shun’e by the ICU doctors, temporarily using insulin to lower her blood sugar.

The pancreas was still functioning, but compensation needed time, so the use of the insulin pump had to be gradually reduced. Otherwise, it would suppress the remaining pancreatic function and ultimately destroy the secretory function of the remaining pancreatic cells.

Actually, what Yang Ping was most concerned about wasn’t the quality of his surgery; that was certainly no problem, as it was within his control.

His biggest worry was whether the remaining liver and pancreas could compensate enough to meet the physiological needs of the body, because no one could make an accurate prediction of this, which inherently involved uncontrollable factors.

Based on the changes in blood test indicators, there didn’t seem to be any major issues. However, considering the tumor’s ex-vivo resection involving eight organs and autotransplantation of five organs, the scale of the surgery was vast and a significant shock to the body, so it was better for her to stay in the ICU a few more days.

Surgery in itself is a shock to the body, and the bigger the surgery, the greater the shock.

For example, in trauma surgery, there is the concept of a secondary hit: the injury is the first hit, and the surgery is the second hit to the body. Therefore, for severe polytrauma, in order to reduce the destructiveness of the secondary hit, trauma surgery has proposed the concept of staged treatment.

For Yang Ping’s patients, whether it’s the general ICU, trauma ICU, or cardiovascular ICU, they are all very welcome, because there is not only a lot to learn but also good material for academic papers.

For doctors to advance their professional titles, publishing papers is a must, and many doctors worry about this, giving rise to the "paper industry" and an even larger "title industry," making many people wealthy and prosperous.

The name of the Surgical Research Institute isn’t for nothing; it’s constantly studying surgical theory, surgical methods, and new instruments, continually replacing the old with the new, creating excellent conditions for writing papers. In fact, at the Surgical Research Institute, papers are just a byproduct.

Because Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang followed Yang Ping, they were co-authors on several of the 13 CNS papers, and they also wrote many top journal papers themselves, so they were quickly able to advance their professional titles. The application for associate senior had already passed, and they were just waiting for their certificates.

Zhang Lin and Little Five would have no trouble being promoted to attending doctors. After all, with the team’s many research resources, they were in an advantageous position, and just a few high-impact papers would be enough for promotion, let alone having a solid monograph like Surgical Hook Science.

Professional titles, unless one is a prodigy who moves laterally, are something the average person can’t bypass. One must go with the flow; otherwise, they would be at a disadvantage. Therefore, it’s best to adapt to things you can’t change, because that’s the only choice.

Dr. Jin from Orthopedics was straightforward and honest about everything. It took him a long time to reluctantly put together a paper. Now that he had finally gathered enough papers, during the review for an Associate Senior Doctor, he lacked the basic respect for the relevant experts, so he remained an attending doctor up to now.

"Professor Yang, is it okay if we write a paper about this patient?" asked Dr. Meng from the ICU.

In fact, ICU papers and surgical papers do not overlap; ICU mainly discusses aspects like postoperative patient monitoring, while surgery focuses on the treatment approach, so there’s no crossing over.

"No problem, feel free to write," Yang Ping said.

Dr. Meng was very pleased to have Yang Ping’s permission, as this was rare material.

After checking on Nie Shun’e, Yang Ping left the ICU. Outside in the family waiting room, he took a moment to discuss the patient’s condition with her husband, who was much reassured to hear that his wife was stable.

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. On the way back from the ICU, Yang Ping encountered Dr. Jin, who pulled Yang Ping aside to talk in a corner.

"Professor Yang, do you still need people on your team?" Dr. Jin asked directly, feeling that at over forty, he was too old to have brought it up with Yang Ping before.

Dr. Jin was a person of great character and skill, just too honest for society, so honest that his social circle was limited to the hospital.

Most of his classmates were already associate chief physicians, some were chief physicians, and many had become department directors. He was still an attending physician; in terms of skill, he was superior to most chief physicians.

For a simple foreign body removal surgery, he could study all the related X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs in Sanbo Hospital, then build geometric models and use them in combination with the imaging to precisely locate the foreign body.

To people like him, Yang Ping had great admiration. Since Dr. Jin was willing to come, Yang Ping was also willing to accept him. The Surgical Research Institute was understaffed, but Yang Ping had always followed the principle of preferring to have a vacancy than to make a wrong hire, so recruitment was always cautious.

The Surgical Research Institute was busy with varied tasks, and it was uncertain whether Dr. Jin would like or adapt well to them.

Over in Orthopedics, Department Director Han had already recommended Wen Zhong, who specialized in the spine and was also a good candidate.

Dr. Jin specialized in trauma orthopedics. The Surgical Research Institute wasn’t actually suited for ordinary people because of its varied tasks, which could easily scatter one’s focus. However, for those with strong learning abilities, it wasn’t a matter of being distracted but of having a broad exposure, allowing integration and extension across different specialties.