Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1272 - 967: Is It Really That Easy to Be World Number One?_3

Chapter 1272: Chapter 967: Is It Really That Easy to Be World Number One?_3

Ou Lianfeng swiped through his phone, wanting to hear what the experts had to say, considering they were well-cultured, knowledgeable, and had vast experiences. He stumbled upon advice from one professor for those in economic hardship.

The professor said that the situation for those experiencing economic difficulties, like Ou Lianfeng, was quite simple. Why not rent out a house you’re not living in, and rely on the rent to completely ensure a basic living through the tough times?

Damn it, if it weren’t for the phone screen between them, Ou Lianfeng felt like spitting in his face—such thoughtless remarks.

Actually, to Ou Lianfeng, life and death had become secondary concerns. He had some money in hand, and if it weren’t for Sanbo Hospital offering to do the lung transplant for free, he wouldn’t even consider spending the money on treatment. He thought about leaving the money to his wife to raise their child until adulthood while he went somewhere to work. He’d earn whatever he could, and if worse came to worst, dying in a foreign place would at least leave his family with over a million in cash. If he spent that money on a lung transplant, even if it were successful, it would still be hard for someone like him, who earned a living through physical labor, to make money afterwards. And if the surgery failed, he’d lose everything—leaving with nothing in the end.

Currently, Zhejiang University Second Hospital performed the best in lung transplants. In the field of organ transplantation, the highest standards are represented by heart and lung transplants. If these two could be done well, it would signify that the hospital’s organ transplantation level had reached its peak. After years of development, liver and kidney transplants had already been mastered by many hospitals and were considered basic procedures for organ transplants.

The development of a specialty must be characterized by having what others don’t, specializing in what others have, and excelling in one’s specialty. Otherwise, it’s difficult to stand out among the many hospitals. The Sports Medicine Center has taken this path, focusing on the most challenging surgeries in the field of sports medicine, gradually becoming a leader nationally and internationally.

The Organ Transplant Center now intends to follow the same path; they plan to excel in heart and lung transplants. Director He Xiangjun is quite ambitious, mainly because he has solid backing, so he’s not afraid that taking big steps might lead to severe growing pains.

The Organ Transplant Center is actually a patchwork department, composed of staff pulled together from various departments. For instance, liver transplants are performed by the General Surgery or Hepatobiliary Surgery, while the kidney transplants are performed by Urological Surgeons. Directors Li and Liu, who perform liver and kidney transplants respectively, were both transferred from their original departments.

At the moment, Director He Xiangjun from the Thoracic Surgery Department has started venturing into heart and lung transplants. With Yang Ping’s help, they have already accumulated a certain number of cases, and the postoperative follow-up currently shows very good effects.

In the Surgical Research Institute’s doctors’ office at this time, Yang Ping, Director He from the Thoracic Surgery Department, and a group of doctors were gathered around the light box.

"Let’s do it with thoracoscopy. Perform the entire thoracoscopic homologous bilateral lung sequential transplant surgery. It minimizes trauma and allows for a faster recovery," Yang Ping told Director He.

As a thoracic surgery expert, Director He kept up with a wide range of reading. Entire thoracoscopic homologous bilateral lung sequential transplant surgery—it sounded familiar, but where had he heard of such a surgery? He hadn’t come across it in any medical journal.

"Professor, how come I’ve never heard of this surgery?" Director He asked incredulously, with an attitude of seeking the truth.

Yang Ping focused on the CT images and said, "It’s a surgery name I just came up with—you obviously haven’t seen it."

"Oh!" Director He Xiangjun exclaimed.

Just thought up on the spot, so nobody in the world had done it yet, right? If he could really do it, wouldn’t that be the first case in the world?

"I’m afraid it might not be feasible?"

Director He knew that performing a lung transplant using thoracoscopy was extremely difficult without any prior examples to reference; everything from the approach to the procedure would need to be redesigned from scratch.

"What’s so difficult? It’s just about converting open surgery into a thoracoscopic minimally invasive surgery, right? Let’s take advantage of the fact that we haven’t secured the donor lung yet. We can practice a few times on experimental pigs to gain experience. I’ll guide you," thought Yang Ping, finding the task not difficult at all.

Upon hearing that Yang Ping would personally guide him, Director He immediately nodded: "Alright, alright, alright!"

The classic incision for lung transplant surgery typically requires cutting across the sternum. After dividing the sternum, the process of opening the chest cavity is akin to prying open the two shells of clams, hence the nickname "Clam-Shell." This incision inflicts significant damage on the patient’s chest wall, and the recovery period afterward is quite lengthy.

If thoracoscopy were used for the procedure, perhaps only a few ports would suffice to complete the job, with slightly larger incisions only to insert the lungs and the rest of the incisions being very small. Most importantly, it would eliminate the need to cut across the sternum, with all the incisions made through the intercostal spaces.

Was getting the world’s first so easy? Director He Xiangjun was quite excited.

Director Gao brought cherries, Director Fang from General Surgery followed suit with cherries, but Director He took the road less traveled and brought durian instead.

A durian for the world’s first—damn good trade.

"Director He!"

Head Nurse Cai approached.

"No need to thank me, it’s just a few durians," said Director He, waving his hand generously.

Head Nurse Cai said, "Director He, could you perhaps bring something else next time? The smell of durians is too strong and is not suitable for the ward."

"Oh!"

Director He exclaimed again.