Surgery Godfather
Chapter 912 - 797 Walking Case Report

Chapter 912: Chapter 797 Walking Case Report

Hearing Yang Ping say there was an eighty percent chance of success, Mai Jifu was so moved that he nearly cried. He had visited several major hospitals, where doctors didn’t dare to perform such surgery, saying they had never done it.

Even Professor Chen from Fuwai didn’t have a good solution, but now the child really couldn’t hold on any longer; radical surgery was necessary.

Professor Chen sought out his mentor, Academician Wang, who specialized in pediatric congenital heart defects. After calling a consultation with everyone, Academician Wang felt that the surgery must be performed, but the risk was very high. All the structures of the heart needed to be reconstructed during the surgery, and it was possible that the patient might not survive the operating table. The success rate of the surgery was at most sixty percent, and it could take over twenty hours.

At most sixty percent, this was just in terms of completing the surgery well; it didn’t include the post-surgery probability of the heart starting to beat again.

If considering the likelihood of the heart restarting after cardiac arrest, this sixty percent becomes an unknown.

Because the surgery would be so lengthy, the duration of cardiac arrest would also be very long, longer than any previous cases.

That is to say, even if the surgery went smoothly, whether the heart could restart was a question, and even Academician Wang had no certainty; it was all up to luck.

However, at most sixty percent—whether the heart could restart depended on luck—was already the most hopeful thing Mai Jifu had heard.

Just moments ago, he had been anxious and insecure; now that Yang Ping said eighty percent, how could he not be overjoyed?

Looking at the excited Mai Jifu, Yang Ping felt it was necessary to objectively outline the specifics of the surgery:

"The surgery is very difficult and high-risk, but it’s not entirely hopeless. I think there’s an eighty percent chance of success; we can take the risk. The surgery will take a long time, about ten hours."

"Ten hours?"

This number excited Mai Jifu once again; it seemed that Director Chen was indeed responsible, helping him find a good doctor.

Seeing Mai Jifu’s expression, Yang Ping thought he was alarmed by the ten-hour estimate and explained, "Don’t be too nervous, this is only an estimated time. To reduce the duration of the heart arrest, we’ll try to shorten the surgery time as much as possible."

With this, would the heart restart not be a major issue?

Mai Jifu was now very familiar with this surgery, and concepts like the heart not stopping were also crystal clear to him.

Since there was an eighty percent chance of success, Professor Yang must have performed many such surgeries, but Mai Jifu was too embarrassed to ask directly, not wanting to seem distrustful of the expert.

So he asked indirectly, "No wonder Director Chen recommended you. It must be because of Professor Yang’s extensive experience in this area. You must have handled many such cases."

Without a second thought, Yang Ping said, "I have never encountered a case like your son’s. This kind of surgery should be the first of its kind in the world."

The first of its kind in the world, never encountered before?

The confidence he just felt was immediately doused with cold water, and a strange expression surfaced on Mai Jifu’s face as he tried hard to hide his disappointment.

Yang Ping smiled, "Although I haven’t performed this exact surgery on a child like your son, I’ve handled many cases that were more difficult, more high-risk, and so far, none have failed."

So that was the story. The confidence Mai Jifu had just lost was instantly revived. The roller coaster of emotions was too unsettling, like starting off hot and wearing shorts, then suddenly a cold front hits and you quickly put on a coat, only to be immediately hit by a 40-degree heat wave just after putting it on.

Hearing Yang Ping say this, Mai Jifu quickly responded, "I’m willing to take the risk, willing!"

These past years, Mai Jifu had either been taking his child to receive treatment or on the road doing just that.

The child’s life had cycled through surgery—take medicine—surgery—take medicine, without a single day of relief, and the entire family was shrouded in gloom, everyone with a sorrowful face.

Fortunately, the couple had good financial conditions; they had already spent over two million on treatment. Of course, for their current financial status, two million wasn’t much—his income after tax exceeded that amount in a year.

Had it not been for such favorable economic conditions, the family would have been overwhelmed long ago.

Now with Professor Yang claiming there was an eighty percent chance of success, and that the surgery would only take ten hours, there was nothing left to say; they should proceed directly to the operating table.

"If there are no issues, let’s proceed with the hospital admittance," Yang Ping said to Mai Jifu, who had no objections.

Actually, it was that simple: admittance for surgery, there was no need for lengthy talks.

Mai Jifu had never been so happy; he nodded eagerly, "I’ll go take care of the admittance now; how do I proceed with the admittance process?"

"Go to the doctors’ office. I’ll have a doctor go with you to handle the procedures directly. There’s no need for the child to come along; I’ll have the nurses arrange a bed for him, and you’ll just go take care of the paperwork," Yang Ping briefly instructed, and with that, the matter was settled.

True to the top cardiac surgeon recommended by Director Chen from Beijing, his way of handling things was effortless, casually setting the surgery in motion with just a few words.

When Mai Jifu first came to the General Surgery Department, he had seen several signboards at the door: General Surgery, Surgical Research Institute, Clinical Experimental Base for New Surgical Technologies—

Mai Jifu, though not a medical student, knew that the signboard of the Surgical Research Institute wasn’t hung without significant expertise behind it.

Exiting the meeting room, An Yinghui saw her husband’s face showing an unprecedented ease, even his usually furrowed brows were relaxed. She discreetly asked her husband, "What did Professor Yang say?"

Mai Jifu couldn’t contain his excitement, "Professor Yang said we can be admitted for surgery right away, there’s an eighty percent chance."

"Has he done this kind of surgery before?" An Yinghui asked eagerly.

Mai Jifu whispered, "He hasn’t worked on a case exactly like Zijing’s, but he has done more difficult ones, and so far, the success rate is 100%."

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