Surgery Godfather
Chapter 798 - 716: The Guy Who Fishes in Troubled Waters

Chapter 798: Chapter 716: The Guy Who Fishes in Troubled Waters

Professor Luo had met Robert and August before. These top-level experts were usually out of reach, opportunities to even take a photo with them were rare. Now standing in front of him, Professor Luo felt strange, unable to describe this peculiar feeling.

"Let’s go over the details of the plastic surgery case," he proposed.

With a professional tone, Professor Wang managed to gain control of the situation, for this case was indeed the cause of the investigation.

Everyone then moved to the conference room of the Comprehensive Surgery Department. They sat around the conference table to start the investigation process.

The medical records were fetched. Professor Li just glanced at them symbolically before handing them over to Professor Wang. As a hepatobiliary surgery specialist, Professor Li was unfamiliar with plastic surgery, so it made sense for Professor Wang to handle the technical details.

Professor Wang was willing to take up this substantial guidance role. He flipped through the paper medical records, his brow furrowing as he read.

To his surprise, there were many contents and professional terminologies in the surgery records that he had never heard of before.

Was he falling behind or were the surgery records unprofessionally written? Professor Wang was uncertain.

"Why didn’t this case involve scalp grafting?" Professor Wang asked, looking up.

Typically, surgeons use the scalp and repeat the process over and over. But in this case, the graft skin was grown in a laboratory. What a peculiar procedure.

"We used in-vitro skin expansion technique, expanding the skin from the patient’s perineum to obtain a large amount of high-quality skin grafts, which were then used to replace all the scars on the patient’s body," Song Zimo responded.

With a silent look, Yang Ping was sitting on the side. He wasn’t pleased to attend such a meeting, but he was there for the sake of the hospital.

In-vitro skin expansion? Professor Wang had heard of it and had seen some papers on it. But because the technology was still in the experimental stage, he didn’t know much about it.

Could this Comprehensive Surgery Department possibly master such a technique? Unconvinced, Professor Wang continued to examine the medical records.

As he read, the case grew increasingly familiar to him. A teacher, burdened with saving a student who had suffered from full body burns, only the perineum had normal skin. This patient seemed to have consulted him before. Recalling carefully, Professor Wang finally remembered.

Indeed, this patient was from his province and had sought his advice. Professor Wang had intended to use the scalp skin as raw material and to skin graft using the same repeated process, but he couldn’t find any normal skin on the patient’s head, which was completely scarred. Consequently, he gave up and decided to recommend the patient to Changhai Hospital. But unexpectedly, this patient came to Sanbo. What a small world.

While carefully going through the medical records, Professor Wang saw that not only did the patient undergo skin grafting, but also facial and body hair transplantation as well as reshaping of facial features. Besides some difficult professional terms, Professor Wang generally understood the case.

After reading the textual records, he was very interested in going through the photos. The plastic surgery case records had their own special features, lots of photos were used to illustrate the problems.

These photos must have been photoshopped for promotion, the results were too good. Even at Mayo, America’s top plastic surgery center, this level of work would not be possible. The patient after the plastic surgery looked completely normal without any traces visible in the photo.

"Are these photos real?" Professor Wang couldn’t help but ask. Relying on his expertise, such perfection should not be achievable.

Professor Wang was now certain that this Ivan was a fraud, a mere opportunist. Sanbo Hospital was just using this case for promotion, and with this realization, all feelings of inferiority vanished. The immense spiritual power gifted by Mayo was revitalized.

"Shall we visit the patient?" proposed Professor Wang, very cautiously.

Song Zimo replied somewhat hesitantly: "Upon receiving the inspection notice today, the patient went to a friend’s house. He won’t be back for at least two hours."

"What a coincidence, he stepped out at this time. Let’s discuss this case for now. Can the patient return today?" Professor Wang was determined to see the patient.

Professor Li knew there might be something fishy. Given Professor Wang’s persistence, and knowing that he was backed by the power behind the scenes, he also kept quiet.

Setting everything else aside, the ability to rise from a technical student to a doctor and enter a Provincial Hospital demonstrates no ordinary prowess.

Frankly speaking, Professor Li doesn’t really agree with people like Professor Wang. Many hospitals are bogged down by people like him, which gradually lowers their standards and turns them into stagnant ponds.

"I am on my way. I will definitely be back in two hours," said Song Zimo.

Professor Wang chuckled inwardly, eager to see how Song was going to try and placate him. Today, he was not prepared to let anything slide; he insisted on seeing the patient.

"Should we proceed?" Professor Wang asked for Professor Li’s opinion.

Professor Li nodded: "Let’s begin."

Emboldened by Professor Li’s approval, Professor Wang began to speak: "I have just carefully reviewed the medical records. Originally, I wanted to see the patient, but unfortunately, the patient is currently out. Thus, let’s discuss based on the medical records. After all, your complaints originated from this case; it’s an unavoidable topic."

"I’ve read through the case, and many professional terms are new to me. Now I’d like to ask if Dr. Ivan could answer some inquiries?" Professor Wang specifically named Ivan.

He was sure this guy was an imposter; now any Russian can be called Ivan.

Just like how anyone on the street could claim to be an heir to the Rothschild family.

"He doesn’t understand Chinese, can I answer for him?" Song Zimo asked sincerely.

Professor Wang shook his head: "Aren’t his two friends not proficient in Chinese? Get someone to translate. The first point of the complaint is that you illegally invited a foreign doctor as the chief surgeon. After all, Dr. Ivan is one of the parties involved, it would be better if he could communicate."

"Alright, I will translate," Song Zimo conceded.

Robert immediately volunteered by raising his hand, "Let me do it, his accent is too heavy."

"Ex-vivo skin expansion technique? You took skin from the perineal area and expanded it externally to more than a square meter?" Professor Wang asked skeptically. He hadn’t seen such technique at Mayo. At most, a thin transparent piece of skin is grown, of very poor quality. From the surgery record, however, this seems to suggest a full-thickness skin graft with epidermal and dermal layers. Is it even possible?

"Could you explain this to me? I haven’t heard of this technique during my time at Mayo in the United States."

His implication was clear: are you better than Mayo?

Professor Luo of Orthopedics from the investigation team was sweating at Professor Wang’s malicious inquiry. He was uncertain whether Ivan was a fraud, but Robert and August sitting here were real people. Especially Robert with his noticeable red nose, which was very recognizable. There was no way to mistakedly identify him.

Seeing as Professor Luo and Professor Wang were considered experts in several fields, he couldn’t give them a gentle reminder not to be too arrogant because it was easy to cause trouble when dealing with these top experts.

"Ex-vivo skin expansion technology is challenging; thus, the patent rights belong to a certain medical company. Mayo, therefore, doesn’t have the technology yet and that’s not surprising. Currently, only two technologies in the world can do this, and only Professor Mainshtan and Professor Yang have successfully performed them," Ivan answered with an evangelistic tone. Robert helped to translate.

"Mayo is the top-ranked hospital in America, and even they haven’t mastered this magical technique?" Professor Wang questioned incredulously.

Ivan nodded: "They are at least five to ten years behind me in terms of plastic surgery. Many of their new techniques come from my training. However, I am reluctant to assist them due to various reasons."

That’s a ludicrous claim. Professor Wang replied bluntly, "You’re trying to tell me that Leighton Brennan of Mayo’s Plastic Surgery, a world-class expert, is lagging behind you, Mr. Ivan?"

"Unfortunately, Leighton Brennan does not have a natural talent for plastic surgery. I have taught him some techniques, but he did not master them. For instance, he has never succeeded in resecting a uniform thickness of skin graft with a scalpel; he could only use a skin harvesting tool. Among my students, his talent is simply too mediocre. Although he works hard, perseverance cannot always substitute for natural talent," Ivan said regretfully.

Professor Wang was incredulous, Leighton Brennan, the top plastic surgery expert in the United States, was rated so low in this charlatan’s mouth. This guy must be a conman of unknown origin.

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