Surgery Godfather
Chapter 767 - 685: Sudden Visit

Chapter 767: Chapter 685: Sudden Visit

"What hair is transplanted onto the head during hair transplant surgery?"

Everyone showed great interest when the hair transplant surgery was brought up.

A standardized training student who had a hairstyle similar to the hospital director was naturally very interested in this surgery, and couldn’t resist taking part in the lively discussion.

The surrounding standardized training students, masters, and doctoral students couldn’t help but touch their own heads, a sense of urgency spontaneously arising.

"In general, the hair follicles from hairier areas are transplanted onto the head."

Taken up by some daring female student.

The scene fell silent.

After a while, another timid female student shyly asked: "In that case... would the transplanted hair become curly?"

Chuckles echoed.

Someone burst out laughing, unable to contain their amusement.

Zhang Lin coughed a few times. As a teaching assistant at this time, he felt obligated to remove the students’ blind spots on this particular matter.

"In terms of what hair is used in skin grafting operations, it should be made clear that it’s the residual hair that is used, not hair from other parts of the body. It’s common to extract small amounts of hair from the occipital and temporal regions and transplant them to required areas. Hair follicles from the occipital and temporal areas usually don’t contain androgen receptors, so they aren’t affected by dihydrotestosterone, and usually do not experience atrophy or hair loss. Thus, transplanting hair follicles from the occipital and temporal areas to areas needing hair transplantation will usually retain their original characteristics and have permanent effects. You don’t need to worry about future hair loss due to the impact of dihydrotestosterone."

After Teacher Zhang finished speaking, he turned to Little Five and asked, "Is there anything to add?"

Little Five patted Teacher Zhang’s shoulder: "Very nice, nothing to add."

Having won the envious eyes of the students, Teacher Zhang wisely shut up. It was not the time for teaching, but for visiting the lab, and it wasn’t his turn to shine.

Everyone gathered around this piece of skin and were discussing animatedly, as if they were visiting a rare treasure.

The lab has never been as bustling as it was today, with more doctors and masters from the hospital arriving steadily. They were astonished to see a one-square-cm piece of skin grown in vitro into two square meters of skin.

Even though their specialties differed, they all understood the basic knowledge. Skin grafting is the most common surgery performed in burn units. With this new technology, patients with skin defects no longer need to worry about the source of the skin.

There are three levels to surgical operations: Excision, repair, and reconstruction.

Excision: The most common type is appendectomy, which involves cutting out the diseased organ or tissue.

Repair: Most trauma surgeries, such as lacerations, tendon ruptures, fractures, aim to stitch the skin together, reconnect tendons, and reset fractures. The purpose is to repair the damaged tissue, restoring it to its original state, or as close as possible.

Reconstruction: This is the pinnacle of surgery, such as organ transplants, which replace an organ and restore its function.

Artificial joint replacement also falls under reconstruction surgery. When the original joint no longer functions, it’s replaced with an artificial one, restoring joint function.

Teacher Sun’s surgery also falls under reconstruction surgery as it aims to restore normal skin across the body.

About two square meters of skin was spread out on the platform. The visitors fell silent, silently staring at the skin.

Moreover, Tang Shun allowed the visitors to wear gloves and feel the thickness and texture of the skin close-up. Director Chi of the Burns Unit was the first to step forward, expressing his wish to touch the piece of skin.

August and Robert were also eager to try, they were very curious about the thickness of the skin.

The skin’s thickness directly determines its quality. The best quality is full-thickness skin grafts, which include the complete epidermis and dermis, followed by split-thickness skin grafts, which include the epidermis and part of the dermis. The worst quality are blade-thickness skin grafts, which only include the epidermis.

However, even the worst quality blade-thickness grafts are exponentially better than scar tissue.

Augusta and Robert acted quickly, putting on the gloves they had prepared earlier. The two were like tailors encountering the world’s most beautiful fabric, carefully touching it a few times, then lifting a corner to feel the thickness of the skin between their thumb and forefinger. They seemed ready to lick it with their tongues or even take a bite with their teeth at any moment.

Director Chi finally managed to find his spot. As his fingers excitedly stroked the skin, he understood the significance of this skin graft for a burn specialist. No matter the size of the burn in the future, early wound coverage now had the best option, and these skin grafts could often be lifesaving.

But for Yang Ping, a piece of skin was merely an appetizer.

In the future, he planned to continue researching this technology and clone real organs.

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A business car drove along the roads of G City.

Dr. Ivan was visiting China for the first time, but his accompanying assistant was a Sinophile and could speak Chinese.

The capability of Langnaife covered a vast range, no, it was the capability covering the range of money.

A team dispatched by Langnaife was responsible for Dr. Ivan’s activities in China, so Dr. Ivan had no worries and his assistant only needed to focus on carrying the bag.

This Russian man had long wanted to visit China, but never found the time or opportunity.

He was an excellent student at the First Medical University in the Soviet era. His father was a famous Russian neurosurgeon who had visited China and this city before and often spoke to Ivan about the fraternal friendship between the two countries.

Times have changed, and almost seventy years have passed. There have been earth-shattering changes here.

"Doctor, we’ve found the hospital you’re looking for, it’s in this city. Today, it’s called the first hospital affiliated with Nandu Medical University," said an employee dispatched by Langnaife.

Dr. Ivan nodded, acknowledging his father’s last wish. His father had always wanted to revisit China during his lifetime, but he was never able to fulfill this wish due to health reasons.

"That was in the 1950s. My father came to this city as a medical expert. He had a favorite Chinese student here," Dr. Ivan murmured to himself.

"Should we contact this hospital?" the somber employee asked.

Dr. Ivan waved his hand: "No need for that now, let’s take care of what we’re here for first. Later, I’ll take the time to visit that hospital. Is the old hospital building still there?"

"No, it’s gone!" The employee answered.

Dr. Ivan bowed his head and took a deep breath, feeling a sense of sadness.

At last, the business car entered Sanbo Hospital and came to a stop.

The assistant opened the car door. Dr. Ivan stepped out of the car and looked up at the twin buildings of Sanbo Hospital.

"Twin buildings? That’s really nice!"

Dr. Ivan grinned.

"Dr. Ivan, China is full of vitality."

"Yes, compared to them, we always lack a certain kind of wisdom in critical moments. To be honest, I love China, but at the same time, I don’t."

"Why?"

"I love it because China is vast, profound, and full of vitality; I don’t love it because Chinese is too difficult to learn."

Unlike most Russians, Ivan bore the image of a wise scholar instead of the ruggedness typical of his compatriots. With his tall stature and Russian-style beard, and the slow pace of his speech, he resembled more of a preacher than a doctor. This made people associate him more easily with a pastor.

"Shall we go in and take a look?" suggested the assistant.

"Of course!"

Dr. Ivan nodded slightly, knowing that one of the best surgeons in the world was hidden here.

However, he was not sure whether his surprise visit would allow him to meet the legendary doctor.