Healing Doctor

Chapter 363 Perfectly Natural

"I didn't understand the surgery; I just watched the spectacle and thought it was amazing that there was no bleeding," Director Bai said directly, without any embarrassment. "We'll ask Deng Chaohong how he felt when he comes down."

"He must be incredibly skilled!" Director Liu was becoming increasingly protective of his son. From the bottom of his heart, he already regarded Ji Xiang as his own child. "We are both surgeons. Although our surgical techniques are different, the focus of the surgery is still the same."

Director Liu wore a kind smile, which surprised Section Chief Bai slightly.

He sensed that his old friend was becoming increasingly strange. If Director Liu had a daughter, Director Bai suspected that he was planning to recruit Ji Xiang as a son-in-law.

"Clear anatomical structure is the most important thing. Look at the surgery Xiao Ji just performed; even an ordinary person could see it clearly, let alone a doctor. Being able to do that makes you a top-tier surgeon!"

He gave it a very high evaluation, but Director Bai did not refute it. Recalling Ji Xiang's surgery just now, it was indeed as Director Liu said, the anatomical structure was so clear that it was breathtaking.

Director Bai always felt that there was more to the surgery, but after all, it was a completely different field, and he didn't fully understand it either.

A dozen minutes later, Deng Chaohong came to change his clothes. Director Liu waved the cigarette in his hand, and Deng Chaohong waved his hand to indicate that he didn't smoke.

"Professor Deng, tell me about the surgery you just performed," Director Bai asked directly.

Deng Chaohong's expression was extremely interesting. He quickly calmed down, but Director Bai had taken in the changes in his expression.

"Director Bai, let me put it this way," Deng Chaohong said cautiously after organizing his thoughts, "I had heard of Dr. Ji before and was looking forward to his performance in orthopedics. But since he came to our orthopedics department, there has been nothing special about him. He is an extremely good resident physician, but his performance is worlds apart from that in urology."

"Later I thought about it, and theoretically speaking, it must be because Dr. Ji received guidance from a renowned mentor in the urology department during his internship, and coupled with his exceptional talent, so..."

At this point, Deng Chaohong gave a wry smile.

Director Bai and Director Liu remained silent and did not interrupt Deng Chaohong's statement.

"Dr. Ji's surgery today was top-notch in China... no, it can be said to be world-class."

"!!!"

"!!!"

Director Bai and Director Liu were slightly taken aback.

They thought they had given Ji Xiang an extremely high evaluation, but they never expected that Deng Chaohong would give him a world-class evaluation.

Director Bai frowned. "Professor Deng, is your assessment sincere?"

"Director Bai, it's true," Deng Chaohong said cautiously. "In fact, I have a feeling that even being world-class isn't enough."

"..."

The two remained silent.

"Professor Deng, please explain in detail." Director Bai's confident expression vanished, and he asked in a deep voice.

"I didn't see all the steps of bursa dissection. When I came back after going out to explain to the patient's family, I saw the surgery on the TV screen. My first reaction was to kick Ji Xiang from behind."

"Oh? What's the explanation?"

"Extended bursal dissection does indeed benefit patients more than it harms, but there is a lot of controversy in the academic community. The vast majority of people believe that extended dissection should not be performed," Deng Chaohong explained. "Freeing bursae is extremely difficult, and I am not good at it, so I only free the most critical bursae, otherwise it would be counterproductive."

"But Xiao Ji's technique is too good. He expanded the range of motion, and the operation was shorter than mine."

Director Bai nodded, and Director Liu looked slightly smug, as if he were talking about him.

"Of course, this is just a preliminary step. The most important thing is that Dr. Ji uses a shaving tool to grind down the bone spurs."

"A little more and it would be too thin, a little less and the effect wouldn't be good. Removing bone spurs is the most difficult part. But Xiao Ji did it just right, it looks natural, not too much and not too little."

"Is that so?" Director Bai asked, resting his chin on his hand.

"Yes!" Deng Chaohong said, "The acromion bone after grinding is exactly the same as normal bone. If I didn't know the patient's condition, I would have thought that the patient's rotator cuff had never been damaged and that he did not have impingement syndrome."

As Deng Chaohong got into the conversation, he took a cigarette from Director Liu, lit one for himself, and began to talk on and on.

About ten minutes later, after Deng Chaohong had basically finished speaking, Director Bai asked, "Professor Deng, could you tell me what shortcomings there were in Xiao Ji's surgery?"

"If there's anything wrong with the whole surgery..." Deng Chaohong hesitated for a moment.

"Just say it."

"Dr. Ji is too cautious."

"Hmm?" Director Bai asked, puzzled.

"Finally, Dr. Ji used two methods to confirm the success of the surgery using a mirror. He first moved the tip of the lens back to the middle of the acromion, keeping the lens axis parallel to the lower edge of the posterior acromion, and then tilted the 30° lens bevel downwards towards the rotator cuff. The anterior edge of the acromion could not be seen, which proved that the surgery was successful."

"I thought they were going to rinse and finish the surgery, but Dr. Ji started a second set of examinations instead."

"He then inserted the arthroscopy into the subacromial space through a lateral incision, and the planer entered through a posterior incision. The significance of doing this is that if the acromion has been sufficiently reshaped, the long axis of the planer can be aligned with the entire length of the lower edge of the acromion, all the way to the anterior lower edge of the acromion."

"This step is a bit unnecessary and too cautious. It gives me the impression that Dr. Ji has had a medical accident in a similar surgery before."

"..."

"..."

Director Bai and Director Liu were speechless.

Regardless of whether Deng Chaohong's praise was accurate, just considering that Ji Xiang underwent two final examinations, I personally witnessed the entire surgical process but didn't notice the details at all.

The two men paused for a moment, knowing that they were not professional orthopedic doctors and could only get a general idea; they certainly didn't know as much detail as Deng Chaohong did.

But that's impossible!

Dr. Ji's surgery was quick where it needed to be quick and slow where it needed to be slow, maintaining a steady pace while cutting through the mess with swift precision.

Ji Xiang blended two completely different approaches together, creating a strange combination of opposition and harmony.

If a seasoned, experienced doctor were to do something similar, everyone would understand.

Ji Xiang is only a few years old, how can he be as steady as a toothless old dog?

"However, it's not exactly a mistake, just more cautious. Overall, Dr. Ji's surgery is indeed world-class, I'm not exaggerating, not at all!" Deng Chaohong insisted.

"I know, I know." Director Liu gave Deng Chaohong a deep look, secretly planning to urge Ji Xiang to show him the paper.

Writing academic papers, like writing formulaic essays, has various rules and regulations. Dr. Ji may be good at surgery, but he certainly wouldn't be good at writing academic papers.

Director Liu secretly resolved to put in his best effort to help him revise it.

Let's take it one step at a time, working on papers and provincial natural science projects.

However, just as Director Bai said, it seems difficult for him to keep Ji Xiang in the urology department.

(End of this chapter)