Healing Doctor

Chapter 392 The Showdown on Surgery Day

Surgery day.

Director Shi Shuo got up early.

After breakfast, he received a message from Professor Fan, who had been his graduate student and later stayed at the First Affiliated Hospital. Professor Fan had already driven downstairs to pick up Director Shi.

The two were preparing to go to the Second Affiliated Hospital to "observe" a surgery.

Once in the car, Professor Fan said, "Teacher, Deng Chaohong from the Second Affiliated Hospital is simply too arrogant these days!"

"Yes, a little," Director Shi said.

"They're not good at sports medicine; in recent years, the Second Affiliated Hospital has done mostly joint replacements. As a result, they think they can do everything, and now they're even trying to take advantage of us."

Professor Fan was very unhappy because Zhao Dali was his patient and was supposed to have his arthroscopic surgery done yesterday.

Anyone would be unhappy if a patient strongly requested to be discharged and have surgery at a neighboring hospital when they were about to undergo surgery.

This behavior demonstrates a lack of trust in the practitioner.

"The patient with a rotator cuff injury and suture impingement syndrome who recently underwent surgery at the Second Affiliated Hospital is said to have recovered very well," said Director Shi.

"They've managed to pull off one surgery, and they're planning to pull off many more. I don't believe their luck can stay this good!"

"Let's wait and see."

"Professor, you can't back down. Although this part..." Professor Fan said, glancing at his department head out of the corner of his eye while driving.

Shi Shuo seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, but Professor Fan knew his teacher well and knew that his temper was not as good as it seemed.

Especially when he's angry and about to explode, he appears calm as still water, yet his silence is like a thunderclap, just like now.

"Xiao Fan, go and take a look first. What if they make some new breakthrough?"

"Professor, to be honest, I'm not convinced. Breakthrough? What breakthroughs can the Second Affiliated Hospital have? All they know is joint replacement surgery." Professor Fan smiled, trying to soften his tone.

Back in the day, Zeng Guofan was all the rage among Director Shi's generation. Director Shi always talked about things like Zeng Guofan's family letters.

Professor Fan didn't understand either, but each generation has its own habits, and he didn't understand and dared not question them.

I've heard countless sayings like "Beware of poisonous snakes in front and fierce tigers behind," and "Keep calm in the face of great events."

Therefore, he didn't want to be too hasty.

The two arrived at the Second Affiliated Hospital, where Director Sui was already there and stood at the entrance of the ward to greet them.

"Director Sui, your department is thriving, and it's only a matter of time before it surpasses the top orthopedic departments in the country. Congratulations!" Director Shi said sarcastically as soon as they met.

"Old Shi, look at what you're saying." Director Sui smiled. "I already told you, it was the patient's choice, it has nothing to do with me. I'm already overwhelmed with joint replacements. I looked into vertebral surgery a while ago, but I really didn't have time to think about it carefully, so I gave up."

Director Sui made it very clear that he didn't even have time to study vertebral body surgery, so he definitely wouldn't touch the sports rehabilitation surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital.

Director Sui ushered Director Shi and Professor Fan into his office and chatted with them for a while. He knew that the other party had come with ill intentions, but he didn't care much.

Professor Deng Chaohong's level is quite high, which is recognized by the entire institute, including Director Sui.

But Director Sui kept in mind that Dean Zhao had sent his son to work under Deng Chaohong, and he had been looking for an opportunity to give Deng Chaohong a warning.

See, the opportunity has come!

As for sports medicine, Director Sui really has absolutely no interest in it.

Modern medicine has high barriers to entry. Wouldn't it be better to perform five or six joint replacement surgeries a day? Why bother with the laborious and thankless sports medicine surgery?

This market is limited; even if it's done well, it only benefits a few people in provincial sports schools and teams, so it's not really meaningful.

It would be good to use Director Shi's words to give Deng Chaohong a warning; Director Sui didn't mind.

This is a good thing – to curb Deng Chaohong's arrogance without even having to lift a finger. As for the First Affiliated Hospital causing trouble, that's a matter for later.

After handing over the shift, Director Sui wasn't in a hurry and chatted with Director Shi in his office while the patient was brought to the operating table.

It wasn't until the phone rang that he and Director Shi went to the operating room to change clothes and prepare for the observation.

Once inside the operating room, the patient was already anesthetized, and a young doctor was performing a bloodletting procedure on the left lower limb before applying a tourniquet.

The pressure is 68 kPa, and the steps are clearly defined and straightforward.

Director Shi watched the young doctor's actions with indifference, a strange feeling rising in his heart.

The Second Affiliated Hospital must have been eyeing sports medicine surgery for a long time. A young doctor there was very skilled, no less so than Professor Fan next to him, and had probably performed countless similar surgeries.

After the tourniquet was applied, Tang Yan placed the scalpel next to Ji Xiang before he could say "Come on, scalpel!"

Ji Xiang didn't say anything, and directly made a small incision on the front and side of the left knee.

Deng Chaohong stood next to Ji Xiang, acting as his assistant during the arthroscopic surgery.

Director Shi was stunned when he saw this position.

"Director Sui, what's going on here...?"

Director Sui was also somewhat surprised. He thought Deng Chaohong would be the chief surgeon, but he didn't expect that it would be a teaching surgery performed by Ji Xiang.

This is a Level 4 surgery, how could they let a resident trainee do it!

But Director Sui didn't speak or stop him. If Deng Chaohong wanted an even more forceful rebuke, then he would grant his wish.

"Who is this? Your new professor in charge of the research group?" Director Shi asked when Director Sui didn't speak.

"Dr. Xiao Ji achieved the highest score nationwide in the medical licensing exam, a perfect score," said Director Sui.

"..." Shi Shuo was taken aback. So it was this person!

The fact that a perfect score was finally achieved in the medical licensing exam after more than 20 years has caused quite a stir. Unexpectedly, with the help of his teachers, he was able to perform level 4 surgeries at the Second Affiliated Hospital.

No wonder he used the tourniquet so skillfully just now; he was the one who got a perfect score on the test.

Ji Xiang made an incision in the skin, bluntly dissected and stopped the bleeding, and then inserted an arthroscope and instruments to explore the suprapatellar bursa, medial and lateral recesses, lateral intercondylar space and intercondylar fossa in sequence. No obvious damage was found to the cartilage surfaces of the patella and the medial and lateral condyles of the femur.

His technique was skillful, unhurried, and showed the demeanor of a seasoned practitioner.

Shi Shuo became more and more surprised as he looked at it.

Operating an arthroscopy isn't particularly difficult; to achieve the level of detail and brevity that Ji Xiang demonstrates, one absolutely needs to hone their skills through hundreds of surgeries.

Director Sui then examined Ji Xiang and found the anterior cruciate ligament remnant. Although it was not a complete rupture, the torn part was severely damaged, and a small portion had already been absorbed.

The posterior cruciate ligament is continuous, and Ji Xiang used a probe to check its elasticity.

Having done this much, Shi Shuo didn't notice anything unusual, except that the young practitioner's technique was very steady and precise.

"Is he considered an elite-level sorcerer?" Director Shi assessed in his mind.

However, Director Shi was stunned by what he saw next.

(End of this chapter)