Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1210 - 940: Concern from All Over the World_2

Chapter 1210: Chapter 940: Concern from All Over the World_2

His mother’s words left Xia Shu speechless. It was bad enough that she constantly pressured him to marry; now she didn’t even forget to urge him during this time. He was terrified that the Head Nurse might overhear them. How embarrassing that would be.

However, the Head Nurse really was a great person. He owed her a lot for her help this time around, and recently, as the Head Nurse’s leg was injured, Xia Shu had been taking her to and from work every day. He began to develop an indescribable feeling for her. How to put it? It seemed like there was a void in his heart on the days he didn’t see her, always wanting to see her and talk to her.

"What would you like for lunch? I’ll order something," Xia Shu asked his mother.

Xia Shu’s mother chuckled, "The young Head Nurse has already ordered food, and now you’re asking me what I want to eat."

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There had been many surgeries, and they weren’t finished until evening.

Upon returning to his department, Yang Ping saw a big Fatty talking with Little Five. When Fatty saw Yang Ping, he immediately greeted him cordially, "Doctor Yang, hello! I’m Wei Danian!"

Wei Danian?

Yang Ping thought for a moment. The name sounded very familiar.

Oh! Wei Danian, the two-hundred-kilogram giant who, despite being in his twenties, cried like a child during his surgery, and then had his parents and grandparents pampering him like a child. Yang Ping remembered him now; that was the one.

This guy had a mutation in his ATP5F1D gene, leading to recurrent episodes of lactic acidosis, but he was rather lucky, as every time it happened, he was near the hospital and could be quickly rescued.

Latter, Yang Ping had done a genetic test on him and even made him an episode calendar, advising him to live according to the calendar, staying indoors during the dangerous periods, especially since his home was near the hospital.

Wei Danian gave Yang Ping a simple handshake, "Doctor Yang, no, Professor Yang, I brought some fruit for everyone. Please have some."

"Thank you! Are you here for a follow-up? How’s the follow-up going? The bone’s healing alright?"

Yang Ping remembered that Wei Danian had a femoral shaft fracture. That surgery really made Director Ouyang sweat profusely, forcing him to call on Yang Ping for help. The kid’s weight was so much that they had had to join two operating tables for him to fit. During the surgery, they used a percutaneously inserted steel plate. A regular steel plate wouldn’t do, and eventually they got a specially made one from Huang Jiacai to complete the surgery.

"The fracture’s healed nicely. Director Ouyang said it’s not yet time to remove the steel plate. I’ve come to inquire about weight loss surgery. There’s talk of a stomach reduction surgery. I wanted to find out if it’s really available and how effective it is."

Wei Danian was like a big child, simple and naive.

"Doctor Lu is very familiar with it. You can consult with him. We do that surgery in the General Surgery Department," Yang Ping told him, then returned to his office.

Although barely reaching one meter seventy in height, Wei Danian weighed four hundred pounds. China’s number one Fatty weighed 480 pounds and managed to lose 278 pounds in two years through weight loss surgery.

Wei Danian once said that he had an insatiable appetite, almost like an addiction to food, constantly wanting to eat. While others satisfied with a bowl, he needed a big basin. When people saw him eat, they were scared. During his university days, the owner of the neighboring buffet trembled upon seeing him and directly handed him a Red Packet, pleading with him not to come anymore.

Previously, Wei Danian hadn’t taken his weight seriously, but he gradually realized that he could not go on like this. He started to lose weight and tried various methods, spending an unknown amount of money without much effect. He had learned about the weight loss surgery from a TV program and, eager to know if it was true, he hurried to inquire.

This type of surgery is not performed by the Surgical Research Institute, but it is being developed by Director Fang of the General Surgery Department, and it’s going rather well at the moment.

Actually, there are several types of bariatric surgery, among which gastric sleeve resection is commonly used. It belongs to metabolic surgery, weight loss surgery, or metabolic weight loss surgery, and is generally performed in a minimally invasive manner by making a few small incisions in the abdomen and completing the surgery with a laparoscope.

The principle is not very complicated; the human stomach is like a sack-shaped bag. By surgically removing part of the stomach, the volume of this bag is reduced. Since the volume is smaller, it can’t hold as much food as before. Eating much less than before would fill the stomach, giving a sense of fullness and preventing overeating like in the past.

By reducing the stomach’s capacity, food intake is lessened, and ultimately, the goal of weight loss is achieved. Not only does it aid in weight loss, but it can also treat Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

In fact, this surgery is relatively effective and safe but has been demonized by some ignorant articles on the internet, so Wei Danian was very scared. After just learning about it from Little Five, he felt relieved and planned to find some time to visit the General Surgery Department and schedule the surgery.

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Yang Ping took a rest in the office, then opened his email after Ivan said via WeChat that he had sent an email, asking Yang Ping to take a look.

The email content was still about the surgery of the Italian tycoon’s daughter, involving the reconstruction of some facial muscles. Ivan decided on an allograft for the facial reconstruction, with a donor already secured, a brain-dead individual, whose age was close to that of the patient, but with a significant difference in face shape, which meant that the surgery required much attention to detail.

If facial transplantation only involved the skin, subcutaneous layer, and blood vessels, the surgery would be relatively much simpler. But now it involves skin, facial muscles, sensory and motor nerves, etc., making the surgery extremely complicated. The operation needs to ensure that the donor’s face matches the recipient’s as closely as possible, aiming for a natural appearance postoperatively and restoring a degree of facial expression to avoid a stiff appearance.

Ivan is not an ordinary plastic surgeon but among the world’s best. The goals he pursues are definitely beyond what average surgeons can achieve.

From the email, Yang Ping learned that Ivan had completed computer modeling of the facial surgery. He has a dedicated computer technology processing team, and even his own specialized plastic surgery software for simulating surgery modeling.

However, Ivan’s software certainly can’t compare with the modeling capabilities of Nandu Medical University Digital Medical Laboratory’s software, which is the world’s strongest in digital medical technology.

Yang Ping forwarded Ivan’s materials to Professor He to help create a specialized model, intending to offer Ivan some suggestions once the model was complete. The surgery was difficult, mainly due to the perfect matching of facial features and restoration of expression functionality.

In his email, Ivan also told Yang Ping that the patient’s father, a tycoon from Sicily, Italy, and a powerful Italian family, was very grateful to Yang Ping. Although Yang Ping had declined to be the chief surgeon, he had been providing remote technical guidance for the surgery.

The Italian tycoon inquired through Ivan whether Professor Yang was currently facing any difficulties and offered help if needed.

Moreover, the Italian indicated that they had received some inside information that Professor Yang might have offended some individuals who were plotting actions against him.

The Italian conveyed that to show their gratitude towards Professor Yang, they had sent a strong signal to the opposition, making it clear that anyone attempting to harm Professor Yang was a prime enemy of their entire family and would be opposed fiercely and relentlessly.

About this matter, Yang Ping replied to Ivan, expressing gratitude for everyone’s concern and assuring that all was well with him, thanking everyone for their kindness.

August from Germany also sent an email, reporting on recent work dynamics and mentioning that the young Duke was in good health. The old Duke apparently knew about some issues between Yang Ping and BG Company, and the European nobles had already exerted pressure on the relevant families, making it clear that to go against Yang Ping was to go against the entire Duke’s family.

The old Duke’s family not only has immense influence in Europe, but its branches that immigrated to the United States early on hold pivotal positions in several industries there, eclipsing the power of the families behind BG Group.

Yang Ping hadn’t expected such widespread concern for him—this was interest from all over the world, and he could only express his thanks to each one.

However, from another perspective, it was clear that these noble families have their own potent intelligence networks, capable of acquiring some information that others may find difficult to obtain.