Surgery Godfather
Chapter 911 - 796: Rebuilding from the Ruins

Chapter 911: Chapter 796: Rebuilding from the Ruins

The establishment of the medical journal was not a whim of Yang Ping’s, but a long-considered decision.

It’s a fact that our medical science lags behind Europe and America in the field of basic research, where originality is scarce. But we are catching up, after all; they have been developing for over two hundred years, and some things can’t be achieved overnight.

However, in the clinical field, especially in surgical operations, we are not behind but rather ahead. Chinese people have agile minds and hands, and they grasp skillful techniques better than others, which is generally acknowledged. For instance, in the Olympic Games, we are second to none in skill-based events.

Additionally, with our large population and comparatively fewer doctors, each doctor, on average, performs many more surgeries than their foreign counterparts. Particularly in top-tier hospitals in China, patients from all over the country converge, which to European and American doctors would represent a vast volume of surgeries.

Therefore, many of our surgeons are among the best in the world.

Yang Ping’s intention in founding this journal is to encourage everyone to dare to think, dare to do, and dare to innovate. He also aims to change some of the bad practices inherent in journals and create a truly respectable medical journal.

At present, whether it’s medical or other scientific journals, the top journals are in Europe and America, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom.

This is because science and technology in Europe and America are unequivocally advanced, so naturally, the journals that record such information are based there. But now, with the development of Chinese science and technology, we should gradually establish some quality journals to foster a refreshing academic atmosphere and build a good platform for scholarly exchange.

If there comes a day when scholars worldwide are eager to learn Chinese and scramble to publish papers in Chinese journals the same way we are eager to publish in English now, that will be the true sign of our scientific strength.

After talking for almost an hour with Dean Xia, Director Han, and Director Sun, and seeing off the leaders, Yang Ping headed to the operating room for surgery.

Nowadays, Yang Ping only steps in as the chief surgeon for special surgeries. For general surgeries, it’s Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang who take the lead. Yang Ping must give the many real cases to them to foster their growth.

Even the most talented surgeons need a multitude of cases to feed their growth.

Of course, for some highly complex surgeries, Yang Ping keeps a close watch even if he steps back from the lead role, ready to intervene if necessary.

For the doctors in his department, Yang Ping has no intention of letting them follow his interdisciplinary path, as it might waste their time and energy, possibly achieving nothing in the end.

After ensuring they are proficient in surgeries of various specialties, Yang Ping plans to determine a specialty for each based on their talent and interest. Concentration in one field is the way to achieve great results.

After all, he’s not the same; he’s an exception. Even as such, Yang Ping has no plans to be a jack-of-all-trades but instead focuses on key and difficult areas, breaking through them one by one.

Yang Ping made a round in the operating room, where everything was progressing smoothly. He then returned to the changing room to sit and rest for a while before entering the system space to continue his experiments.

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Teng Xinmei had been discharged from the hospital, recovering very well.

At checkout, the total bill was over sixty thousand; Teng Shaokui returned the excess five thousand to Boss Li, expressing his gratitude with tears and deciding to work diligently for Boss Li, using his strength to help the moving company succeed.

Hoping that the young girl would live a safe and peaceful life after having been freed from the torment of her illness, Yang Ping wished her well.

In recent days, Yang Ping has been in constant WeChat contact with experts from 301, Anzhen, and Fuwai.

When Yang Ping was in Beijing, these experts had all added him on WeChat. Whichever experts had WeChat added him, including Old Academics and senior officials.

They had created several groups for easier contact, and Yang Ping was also a member of these groups.

The patients who had undergone coronary bypass surgery in 301 were recovering well, according to reports, with Old Academician Ding even throwing away his glyceryl trinitrate tablets, ready to embark on a new life.

Professor Xin from Fuwai recommended another expert, Professor Chen Yueliang, to join the WeChat group. Professor Chen specializes in surgical operations for congenital heart disease in children, but recently he encountered a tough case.

Professor Chen brought this challenging case to the department meeting for discussion, but no one could offer a feasible solution.

Director Chen then sent the case details to top experts in Europe and America, who were his mentors when he studied abroad. Even they said that there was no method for a radical cure at present and that another palliative surgery would not be effective.

Yet this patient had already had three palliative surgeries performed by Director Chen, with the most recent one not even a year ago.

Just because European and American experts are at a loss doesn’t mean Chinese doctors are too. Director Chen didn’t want to give up on his little patient.

So, he thought it over and over again, brought it up for discussion, and theoretically, he knew what needed to be done. But if he didn’t dare to switch the aorta and pulmonary artery during the first surgery, how could he dare to do it now, when the difficulty had increased by so much compared to before?

At this time, Professor Xin said, "You should ask Professor Yang from Sanbo, see if he has any solutions or if he could perform such a surgery."

At that moment, Professor Chen joined the WeChat group and reached out to Yang Ping.

Yang Ping asked Director Chen to send the case files to his QQ email, saying he would take a look at them.

Soon, Yang Ping received the case files.

Indeed, it was a severe congenital malformation—the aorta and pulmonary artery were transposed, and there was a hole between the left and right ventricles.

At six months, three years, and last year, the child underwent three surgeries. After these three surgeries, the left and right ventricles were completely connected, turning what were rooms with dividing walls into one large room, while the aorta and pulmonary artery remained reversed.

If it weren’t for the previous three palliative surgeries, I’m afraid the child would not have survived until now.

If the case had initially been meant for radical treatment, in addition to repairing the defect in the interventricular septum, it would have been necessary to switch the aorta and pulmonary artery from their roots. Such a surgery had no precedent in the world, and its difficulty and risk were extremely high—it’s no wonder that back then Director Chen only performed palliative surgeries and did not attempt radical treatment, because there was simply no such surgical method in the world at that time.

Palliative surgery is out of the question now, as the two ventricles have been connected into one large chamber. How can it be palliated any further?

If the child’s life is to be saved, the only option now is to attempt radical surgery—switching the aorta and pulmonary artery to their correct anatomical positions and then reconstructing the interventricular septum.

The difficulty of the surgery is immense, and the risk is extremely high, akin to rebuilding a house from ruins. The world still does not have a precedent for it. The surgery would be a major one, and it’s estimated that the heart would receive over a thousand stitches.

"Bring the child to me for surgery---"

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The child’s parents were probably very anxious; after Yang Ping believed that a radical cure was possible, they rushed to Sanbo Hospital from Beijing the next day to find Yang Ping.

At the arranged time in the afternoon, the parents brought the child to meet with Yang Ping.

The child, named Mai Zijing, came from a family of academics. His father held a Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology, and his mother held a master’s degree from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Both parents rose from the countryside through the college entrance examination driven by their studies.

His father, Mai Jifu, worked as an engineer at a world-leading telecommunications technology company in Pengcheng, earning millions annually, while his mother had passed the civil service exam in Pengcheng and had stable employment. Their family was thus well-off.

Mai Jifu’s hair was almost entirely white—a testament to the hard work and effort he had put into his studies. His wife, An Yinghui, also had a few strands of white hair visible. The couple had fought through a multitude of hardships to get to where they were today, starting from being children in the countryside.

"Professor Yang, please take a look, here are the child’s medical records, I brought everything. We appreciate your help," said Mai Jifu humbly.

An Yinghui stood quietly to the side with the child, letting her husband take the lead in the conversation.

Yang Ping carefully reviewed all the records, then took them to the clinic in the ward for a thorough examination.

His initial assessment wasn’t much different from what he expected: congenital heart disease. The original condition was transposed aorta and pulmonary artery with a defect in the interventricular septum. In order to alleviate the symptoms, the doctor had performed three surgeries to gradually turn the two ventricles into one chamber.

Director Chen had already done his best; otherwise, the child might not have lived to be eight years old. Director Chen’s capabilities were also top-notch, but due to the rarity of such malformations, with no precedent for the surgery in the world, he could not perform radical treatment—only alleviating the symptoms through surgeries and buying time for the child in the hope that medical advancements would eventually offer a better solution to fully address the problem.

"Without the doctor’s three previous surgeries, it would have been difficult for the little friend to hold on until now. We should be grateful to this doctor, who single-handedly brought the child safely to the present day because there is no known cure for this disease in the world. We’re also attempting this for the first time. The risk is significant—are you willing to take this risk with the doctors?" Yang Ping spoke privately with the child’s father.

Mai Jifu, being an educated man, understood the situation well. The risk was definitely high, and he nodded, saying, "We are willing to take the risk. The doctors in the capital said before that if the child cannot undergo complete surgery, it would be hard for him to get over this hurdle."

"It’s good that you understand. The success rate of the surgery is only eighty percent."

Eighty percent, that was Yang Ping’s usual way of speaking.

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