Surgery Godfather
Chapter 871 - 774 The World Changes So Fast

Chapter 871: Chapter 774 The World Changes So Fast

Professor Zhang curiously clicked on the link. The article was about Yang Ping, saying that he had just published four CNS papers, and now with renewed effort, he had published nine CNS papers at once, two of which were cover stories.

Professor Zhang jumped in shock. If it were not for his regular Tai Chi practice keeping him in robust health, he would have fainted on the spot.

To confirm whether the information was true, Professor Zhang directly dialed Yang Ping, who calmly confirmed with a simple "Yes!"

"Director Cao, you send the case to the major department group yourself, and ask Yang Ping. I need to sit down and have a cup of tea, my chest feels so tight."

Professor Cao saw that Zhang Zongshun looked unwell and immediately asked, "Are you alright?"

"Xiao Qin, come over here, check Professor Zhang’s blood pressure for me twice."

Professor Cao called for Xiao Qin, the outpatient nurse, to come help.

Professor Zhang shook his head, "I’m fine, just got scared. You go ahead and send the case in the group promptly, don’t delay the child’s medical condition."

"Scared by what?" Professor Cao asked.

Professor Zhang said, "I’ll tell you later, you go ahead and deal with sending the case."

Originally, many of these elderly experts were not adept with smartphones, but thanks to Professor Zhang’s several training sessions, aside from a few who were particularly clumsy, most of them had become quite proficient.

So, Professor Cao sent the case information in the group and also sent it to Yang Ping separately, asking whether he would accept the patient. Yang Ping didn’t even hesitate and promptly replied: admit for surgery.

Professor Cao immediately called the child’s father, instructing him to bring the child at 8:30 the next morning to receive the hospitalization notice.

The case was a 14-year-old girl named Teng Xinmei, a second-year junior high student, suffering from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, a disease typically characterized by thickening of the ventricular muscle, often linked to genetics. Due to the thickening, it leads to reduced compliance of the left ventricle, insufficient filling, and weak contraction, among other issues, causing a series of symptoms, and can easily result in sudden death. Without treatment, the patient would either die suddenly or develop chronic heart failure, which is also fatal in the end.

In terms of treatment, medication can only temporarily alleviate symptoms, and can’t fundamentally solve the "obstruction." To address the "obstruction" fundamentally, surgery is required.

If surgery is to be done, it requires an incision of about 20 centimeters in the sternum area, and the surgery must be performed under cardiac arrest and extracorporeal circulation.

Surgery is demanding, with significant trauma, difficulty, limited surgical field of view, high risk, and slow recovery. Most patients are deterred upon hearing this.

For a severe case of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy like Teng Xinmei’s, Professor Cao originally thought Yang Ping wouldn’t accept it, as after all, the Comprehensive Surgery Department, being a cross-specialty department, was not clearly known to him for their skill in cardiac surgery, unlike Professor Zhang who had a direct understanding of it.

Surprisingly, Yang Ping said it was no problem and agreed to hospitalize the patient.

"Old Zhang, I’ve sent the case. Professor Yang says he will admit her for surgery. Has Professor Yang Ping done a surgery like this before? This is no joke."

Professor Cao’s concern was not unfounded as the specialty of cardiac surgery is exceedingly complex and many surgeries are difficult for general provincial hospitals to perform. Only Beijing’s Fuwai and Anzhen could manage it. Although he was a genius, could such a young man really handle the surgery? He remained skeptical.

"Rest assured, if I’m not worried, why should you worry?" Professor Zhang believed Yang Ping wouldn’t have a problem.

Seeing that Professor Zhang’s complexion had eased, Professor Cao asked, "Old Zhang, are you okay? What scared you earlier?"

"Take a look at the messages in the hospital’s main group. It’s already caused quite the stir. Just short of us not being aware," said Professor Zhang.

"Exactly what happened?" Professor Cao squinted at his phone.

After looking, he stared at Professor Zhang: "Are you kidding? How is that possible? Nine papers? And published all at once?"

Professor Cao was an old expert at Fuwai, a man who had seen much of the world. He had seen students with a few CNS papers, but never someone who published like this.

"I didn’t believe it either, but it’s true. I’ve confirmed it. I hear the hospital is now changing the banners and the announcement on the official website, from four to thirteen papers," said Professor Zhang slowly.

Professor Cao sighed, "The world changes so fast. I remember after our country’s first CNS paper, it took over 20 years to get the second one. Although CNS articles from our country have been increasing, to my recollection, getting published in CNS is extremely difficult. Many universities celebrated their first breakthroughs exuberantly. Now you’re telling me 13 papers at once, with batches of four and five, has CNS become cheap? Turned into a common commodity? I’ve never seen a journal published like that before."

"It’s not that CNS has become a common commodity," Professor Zhang Zongshun sipped his tea, "it’s that the new generation surpasses the old one. Young people nowadays are more impressive than we were. This is good, it gives us hope."

"Yes, look at these young people, vibrant and invigorating to watch," Professor Cao nodded slightly.

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Teng Xinmei’s family were farmers from the mountain area of Nandu Province, residents of North Bridge County.

Teng Xinmei had been suffering from difficulty breathing after exertion, which had been worsening over the last few years and was accompanied by pain in the heart area. She could only squat down to catch her breath after running a short distance in physical education class, not to mention farming work, which she simply couldn’t manage.

Her father Teng Shaokui initially thought his daughter was just being lazy, which angered him greatly. How could a girl in the countryside be like this, sick and weak? He scolded her fiercely, which frightened her into not daring to share her discomfort with him anymore.

Thus, it was not until junior high that Teng Xinmei, who had grown up and become more sensible, realized something was off. Wondering why she’d be out of breath just from climbing stairs and sometimes feel so weak all over, dizzy, as if suffering from some chronic disease.