Surgery Godfather
Chapter 996 - 834 Courage of the 13 Articles CNS

Chapter 996: Chapter 834 Courage of the 13 Articles CNS

This major surgery was given great importance by Director Fang, who began to contact his fellow alumni from the same mentor in order to obtain more learning materials.

Considering an ex-vivo resection involving eight organs, let alone Director Fang, which doctor in the world has ever seen such a procedure? It’s likely none have.

If the General Surgery Department were to be further subdivided, it could be broken down into several specialties, such as Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreatic Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, Breast Surgery, and so on. Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1 is divided in this way, whereas Sanbo Hospital, being newer with Orthopedics as its leading department, did not have such rapid development in General Surgery, and for now, there is only one large General Surgery Department.

In recent years, Dean Xia aimed to develop each department one by one, and General Surgery has certainly not been neglected. The department possesses cutting-edge equipment like the Da Vinci Robot, various brand-new endoscopes, and all sorts of unique surgical instruments.

They had everything they needed, but simply accumulating hardware was pointless. In Nandu Province, where strong competitors abound, the obstacles to development were significant.

The affiliated hospitals of the Nandu system dominated the regional medical landscape, firmly suppressing other hospitals; even the Provincial People’s Hospital was a force to reckon with, particularly its Cardiovascular Specialist department which had become increasingly formidable in recent years. Generally, Traditional Chinese Medicine departments in most provinces are weaker, but Nandu Province is an exception, with a very strong traditional medicine presence. Not only do multiple affiliated hospitals of the Traditional Chinese Medicine University control their own territories, but the Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is also a remarkable entity, being the strongest of its kind in the nation.

As for municipal hospitals, no matter how much they struggle, they can only play second fiddle and have no power to share the spoils with the three major entities mentioned before—usually picking up only the leftovers.

Surviving in the cracks between these established powers was extremely difficult. That Sanbo Hospital had managed to develop to its current state in just over a decade was quite an achievement considering many newly established hospitals failed to survive the pressure from major competitors.

Director Fang sent Nie Shun’e’s CT and PET-CT images to his mentor’s senior fellow, Professor Shi Guosheng, who is the Head of Pancreatic Surgery at Nandu Medical University Cancer Hospital.

Nandu Medical University Cancer Hospital is ranked second in the nation for the Tumor Specialty, with Xiehe’s Affiliated Tumor Hospital taking the first place, and Shanghai Fudan Tumor Hospital in third. These three have been known as the top three giants in the national tumor specialty, a ranking that seems to have been unchanged for many years.

Director Fang and his mentor’s senior fellow were both Ph.D. graduates from Nandu Medical University, having studied under the same mentor.

In fact, the regional nature of medical studies is very strong. For example, in Nandu Province, most department directors and key personnel in hospitals are Nandu Medical University graduates.

In Shanghai, hospitals are predominantly staffed by graduates from Fudan and Jiaotong University’s medical schools, and in the west, no one competes with Huaxi.

These medical universities are like ancient clans, each with its own territories. If you want to work medically in a certain area, you attend the medical university of that region.

After analyzing Director Fang’s CT and PET-CT images, Professor Shi couldn’t help but express his doubts,

"Pancreatic cancer involving eight organs and daring to undergo ex-vivo resection?"

Ex-vivo resection and in-situ resection refer to the same procedure, just different names.

After graduating with his doctorate from Nandu Medical University, Professor Shi went to the United States to study at the Anderson Cancer Center. Several years later, he returned and was quickly promoted. Now, he is a top expert in pancreatic tumor surgery in the nation.

Looking at the medical images, Professor Shi frowned. A liver autotransplant alone is considered the Mount Everest of Hepatobiliary Surgery, far more difficult than liver transplantation from a donor. There are only a few hospitals in the nation capable of handling ex-vivo liver resection + autotransplant, and now you’re telling me about a procedure involving eight organs, suggesting ex-vivo resection and autotransplantation? That sounds like a joke.

"Are you sure the surgical approach is ex-vivo resection + autotransplant?" Professor Shi was skeptical.

"Absolutely, ex-vivo resection plus autotransplant, using indocyanine green fluorescence staining. The surgery has already been scheduled," Director Fang affirmed with certainty, as he was going to be the chief assistant.

"Nonsense!"

Academics have temperaments too, and in recent years, the scholarly community has been restlessly dealing with all sorts of bizarre figures popping up—one after another. Some individuals have no bottom line, such as inflating a surgery that could be resolved with twenty thousand into one that costs hundreds of thousands under the pretense of using high-tech solutions, just to produce a paper. There are also those who, in the name of so-called academic innovation, disregard patient life and death, not considering whether some new methods are suitable before rushing into them.

This damn operation involving eight organs—what kind of surgery are they planning to do?

"Who’s the hotshot chief surgeon at your hospital?" Professor Shi was clearly angry.

Director Fang had intended to discuss and learn from his mentor’s senior fellow but hadn’t expected such a strong reaction.

"Professor Yang Ping," Director Fang responded.

Professor Shi fell silent at once. Yang Ping, with his earth-shattering 13 CNS papers, was someone he obviously knew about. Yang had just completed an application for the Outstanding Young Talent program, and Nandu Medical University was currently making arrangements for him to be nominated as an academician.

If he succeeded, this man would become the youngest academician in history, while Professor Shi was still striving to achieve that status.

"He also deals with Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery? With tumors?"

Director Shi was very curious.

"He does everything, depending on his mood," Director Fang answered.

Director Fang was indeed forthright, not mincing his words.

Does everything? Depends on his mood? Oh, my goodness, that young man really is a genius, bursting out 13 CNS papers in a few months—truly a genius among geniuses.

However, surgery is a practical discipline that requires steady, step-by-step progress; one mustn’t rush. Has he been so eager for academic achievements recently that he’s gotten to this point?

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