Surgery Godfather

Chapter 242: Chapter 0226: The Indestructible Magic_2

A complete statistical line is drawn, Takahashi’s pen tip traces along the statistical line incredulously. According to the statistical line, nerve growth did not plateau, it could reach the fingertips directly.

If the electromyogram is real, this patient could achieve excellent results. How could this be possible?

Takahashi raised his hand to speak, and upon Director Tan’s invitation, he stood up and picked up the wireless microphone in front of him.

In order to keep up with Fujiwara Miyuki’s fashion style, he wore a beige and white checkered suit and a dark red printed tie, looking very fashionable.

The name “Takahashi”, could be heard echoing throughout the conference hall!

Immediately, countless adoring glances were directed towards him, and the screen shifted to a close-up shot.

Usually, attendees could only read his papers and translated books, but now that he was here in person, it was quite exciting.

It was similar to anime enthusiasts meeting Hayao Miyazaki, the excitement was tangible.

People wondered what unique insights “The Expert”, Takahashi, was about to offer. Everyone was waiting with bated breath.

“Is that really Takahashi Fumiya from Tokyo University’s affiliated hospital?”

“Did he really come?”

“He is a world-class trauma surgery expert.”

“We should ask him for a photo during the tea break later.”

“Coming here really was worth it.”

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Takahashi was the most well-known and academically recognized person in the entire conference.

“Professor Tan, could you allow me to come onstage and examine the patient’s limb function?” Takahashi asked, in Japanese.

Director Tan was a little familiar with Japanese, but was more proficient in English. After all, it was agreed before the conference that everyone would communicate in English. Takahashi’s proficiency in English was also quite high, as he used English in all his conferences in Europe and America.

Now he was dropping Japanese phrases here and there. Director Tan was a little upset with his arrogance. From the moment they shook hands at their first meeting, Takahashi always gave off a condescending aura. Even his handshake was only a brush of hands.

“Mr. Takahashi, I’m sorry, but I didn’t understand what you said. Could you speak in English or Chinese, please?”

Director Tan had no intention of indulging him. Although Director Tan wasn’t world-famous, he had a strong, unperturbed personality. He won’t tolerate arbitrary behavior from a guest. Today, he was the host, and he must have the final say.

Takahashi shrugged, and had no choice but to repeat his request in English.

“Mr. Takahashi, he wants to personally come up and examine the function of this patient’s limbs,” Tang Fei translated for the audience.

“Of course!” Director Tan replied directly in English.

Director Tan knew from Takahashi’s attitude and look that he didn’t believe in the result of the surgery.

Takahashi put down the microphone, straightened his suit, nodded to everyone in the conference hall, and walked towards the podium.

He bowed slightly to Qiangzi, “Excuse me, I am Dr. Takahashi, and I would like to conduct a detailed examination of your limb. May I?”

Tang Fei also walked over to help translate.

Qiangzi nodded and extended his reimplanted right upper limb.

Takahashi smiled, unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt, rolled up his sleeves slightly, rubbed his hands together to warm them up, and showed great professionalism.

He started the Tinel’s test, to determine the location of the nerve, performing it with great skill and delicacy.

It seemed that the median, ulnar, and radial nerves had all reached the wrist at the same time, indicating that the nerves had grown at a steady rate and reached their expected destination, which was consistent with the tendon map analysis.

Takahashi frowned, then began examining the flexion and extension of the wrist joint, comparing it with the healthy side. There was no significant loss of range of movement, and the muscle strength reached the standard of grade five, which indicated a very high quality of muscle-tendon healing. There were plentiful muscle fibers and healed tendon fibers, with minimal amounts of scar tissue.

He then tested the ulnar and radial deviation of the wrist joint. Most people only pay attention to flexion and extension, and ignore the ulnar and radial deviation.

The ulnar and radial deviation of the wrist joint could test the tension adjustment after the tendon repair. Adjusting the tension for several broken sections is quite challenging.

It’s the same as adjusting the chassis of a car. Even experts would be helpless to adjust the racetrack chassis using a low-grade, inexpensive suspension.

Surprisingly, the performance of the tendons; the ulnar deviation and radial deviation were very good. The tension of all the tendons had been excellently adjusted from Front to back, inside and outside, showing a good balancing effect.

There were five fracture points with four tendon-like connections. It seemed unlikely to have avoided adhesion.

Takahashi tested the movement of the fingers. Whether it was flexion or extension, the range of motion reached the limit. There was no tendon adhesion, and the sliding was incredibly smooth. @@novelbin@@

The temperature on the surface of the limb indicated the patency of the blood vessels, the supply of the arteries, and the return of the veins. Any poor performance in any part of the process would change the surface temperature.

If the patency is slightly worse, the skin temperature of the limb could be lowered. This wouldn’t affect the viability of the limb, but it might cause frostbite in the cold winter.

Takahashi extended both hands and touched Qiangzi’s arms from the fingertips to the palms, then to the wrists, and finally to the elbow joints. He was meticulously feeling for temperature differences.

“Do you have a skin temperature meter?” Takahashi asked.

There was no denying his thoroughness. Upon Director Tan’s signal, Dr. Che from the Rehabilitation Department, who was standing by the steps behind the podium, immediately ran over. He had already prepared everything- a reflex hammer, a tape measure, and a skin temperature meter.

“Mr. Takahashi needs the skin temperature meter!” Director Tan said to Dr. Che.

Dr. Che promptly handed the skin temperature meter to Takahashi. He used the meter to compare the temperatures on both sides, measuring the skin temperature point by point. The difference between the two sides was within an acceptable range.

“Lower your hand and relax!”

Takahashi said in English, with Tang Fei translating.

He wanted to observe if the resting position of the hand was normal. The resting position indicated the balance of the muscles and tendons during rest.

Compared with the left side, both hands were surprisingly consistent in the resting position. It was nearly impossible to adjust the resting position posture to completely resemble a healthy person.

When Takahashi performed this kind of surgery, he prioritized adjusting the dynamic balance and directly gave up adjusting the tension in the resting position. He had to choose just one out of the two sides, the dynamic balance being the most critical in this case. But this surgery had managed to strike a balance on both sides.

Based on the current situation, this patient’s limb could recover more than 90% of its function.

This was unbelievable!

Could it be that they forged this case and had someone who was not an amputee pretend they were?

Takahashi continued the examination. The patient’s hand muscles, including the interosseous and lumbrical muscles, showed signs of atrophy. The skin of the hand appeared smooth and dry, characteristic of lost nerve supply. It didn’t seem like the patient was pretending because it was hard to simulate the appearance of peripheral nerve loss on the skin.

The entire examination process was magnified and shown on the screen for all the doctors in the room to learn from this world-class expert.

Professional, meticulous, and fluent, each examination met its anticipated goal, it was no wonder he was a world-class expert. He executed even the simplest examinations with great depth.

The magic trick showed no flaws, it was an impeccable performance. Takahashi felt a bit disappointed, he gave Director Tan a thumbs up and returned to his seat.

“Takahashi, you don’t seem very happy?”

“No, I am feeling very good.”

Takahashi rolled down his cuffed sleeves.