Surgery Godfather

Chapter 247: Chapter 0231: Truly Arrogant

Song Zimo yawned and stretched, having just finished watching Niiroi Hiro’s laparoscopic surgery.

For an ordinary intermediate-level doctor to have such laparoscopic surgical capabilities is rare. Not many doctors dare to perform trauma surgery with a laparoscope since it requires quick execution while the surgical area is flooded with blood. Unless one is extremely proficient with the use of a laparoscope, they would not even dare to consider it.

Those capable of performing life-saving operations using a laparoscope usually have the ability to perform such surgeries even more smoothly than open ones. Niiroi Hiro was just like this – and he was just a student of Sasaki’s.

Song Zimo initially thought Niiroi was deliberately chosen, but the operations demonstrated on several other small screens showed each chief surgeon to be highly skilled, barely any different from Niiroi.

Ogawa Kumaide was also performing thoracoabdominal trauma surgery using a laparoscope. His laparoscopic skills were just as proficient; it’s just that Niiroi’s case was more severe and was hence of more interest to everyone.

If all these doctors were so capable, what kind of surgeon must Sasaki be?

The more Song Zimo watched, the more excited he became, feeling a surge of eagerness in his heart to conquer these unseen heights and traverse these uncharted territories.

He glanced at Yang Ping who, incredibly, was nodding off. His eyes were half closed and he seemed to be staring at the screen without actually watching it.

“Senior Brother!” Song Zimo probed cautiously, trying to figure out if he was actually asleep.

Without opening his eyes, Yang Ping responded lazily, “I’m watching. What’s up? Got any thoughts?”

“Has Young Master Song set his sights on Niiroi Hiro?” quipped Little Five, jokingly.

“That kid’s a freak. He performs laparoscopic surgery as if it’s child’s play. We should forget about trying to surpass him and just focus on not falling too far behind,” Zhang Lin said in a somewhat deflated tone.

Remaining slouched against the wall, Yang Ping replied, “You’re all underestimating Young Master Song. The man he’s set his sights on hasn’t even taken the stage yet!”

“Sasaki? Surely not! Is he out of his mind?” chimed in Fatty. Although he was an anesthesiologist, he still had some understanding of matters.

Song Zimo’s face flushed slightly. “Let’s just see. He’s about to take the stage. He’s going to wash his hands.”

Would Sasaki really take the stage at this point? It seemed there was no more surgery to be done. The only things left should be the removal of the uterus and the fetus. This would allow for rapid completion of the hemorrhage control and stabilization of the blood pressure.

After Niiroi elegantly completed such a severe and life-threatening combined thoracoabdominal injury using a laparoscope, would there be a need for Sasaki to get involved in a mere uterus and fetus removal?

“What kind of operation is this?” Little Five exclaimed.

On the screen, Niiroi carefully opened the abdominal cavity and incised the uterus. The five-month-old fetus wouldn’t have survived even if it were brought out, let alone with “a knife” embedded in it.

“A trauma surgeon performing a cesarean section?” Fatty seemed surprised.

After the uterus was incised, Sasaki, having washed his hands, entered the scene. A camera was attached to the robotic arm on the ceiling.

A nurse was adjusting the camera on a monitor. This was no ordinary camera—it was a microscope camera.

“Wait, is he planning to perform a fetal surgery under a microscope?”

Song Zimo craned his neck to see the procedure. He could almost assert that it was neither a uterus and fetus removal, nor a cesarean section. This was pushing the boundaries of trauma surgery—performing surgery on a five-month-old fetus!

Completing an emergency surgery for a fetal trauma? Saving both mother and child in front of so many doctors, challenging such a high difficulty, this reflected his supreme confidence in his surgical skills. No wonder he is considered one of the top two trauma surgeons in Japan.

In other hospitals, under such conditions, there might only be one choice—remove both the uterus and the fetus. At most, they could take a risk to retain the uterus. To save the mother’s life, they would have to sacrifice the fetus.

This kind of fetal surgery requires delicate and careful work.

Even the most professional fetal surgeons would need to spend a long time performing the surgery under a microscope.

Moreover, the fetal surgeons who are adept at fetal abnormality surgery, mostly lack experience in this kind of trauma surgery. Fetal injury – what a low probability event!

Sasaki certainly hasn’t performed many fetal trauma surgeries. His choice reflects immense confidence in his fundamental surgical abilities.

All surgeries have unique and common characteristics. A highly skilled surgeon should be able to apply surgical skills to deal with unprecedented cases, including unusual ones.

This operation needed to not only be completed, but also completed in a short amount of time. Within an hour, even half an hour, the surgery must end; otherwise, it would be difficult for the pregnant woman to endure.

It required incredibly powerful microsurgical skills to perform a delicate and high-risk operation with both hands suspended in the air under a microscope for an hour.

Song Zimo took a deep breath – this mountain seemed a bit too high.

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In the front row of the audience, other than the foreign guests, all were influential figures in the domestic field.

The rows right behind the first one were representatives of major teaching tertiary hospitals.

Upon witnessing the surgical demonstration, all these high-level professionals were awestruck. Although many had studied abroad, they were still inevitably shocked.

As the saying goes, a fish always in a pond will only ever see fish weighing a dozen pounds at most. When brought to a lake, it may see fish that are tens or even a hundred pounds. When brought to the sea, however, it will see sharks that weigh tons.

In the pond, one can never see a shark, let alone imagine a shark’s existence.

This is the necessity of openness. One must step onto the world stage, venture into the vast expanse of the universe, bravely compete, in order to become a shark; otherwise, one will forever remain a small fish.

Such surgery demonstrations, from any perspective, reflect the physicians’ qualifications, management systems, medical equipment — all around are top-notch.

Emergency on-site craniotomy, endoscopic surgery for trauma care, and even that trauma care system which has actually entered the AI era.

Based on large amounts of computer calculations, infrared surveillance, CT scans, MRI scans capture images, while various tracer agents track the overall blood flow and cell metabolism status.

Their integrated data can remarkably rebuild a digital human. This digital human is not simply a 3D anatomical diagram, but a real-time, three-dimensional image that reflects precise anatomical and functional details.

Both the prominent figures and foreign guests cast their eyes on Takahashi Fumiya and Fujiwara Miyuki. This is an involuntary respect in the face of strength.

Many years ago, we heard rumors about this Japanese system. We guessed that it’s an infrared navigation or CT navigation system, at most an advanced surgical robot system.

Who would have expected it to be such a complex and advanced system? This technology must have gone through several iterations to perform as maturely as today. Just this kind of perseverance is worthy of respect.

Acknowledging and learning from the opponent requires extreme courage!

To surpass and defeat the opponent requires extreme wisdom!

Professor Su, Director Han, Meng Heng, and Fu Shancheng sat in the front row, all engrossed, not even taking a sip of water.

Meng Heng and Fu Shancheng think that Professor Su invited them to the conference for a reason. Professor Su probably knew in advance that the Japanese would display this technology at the conference, so they were asked to come and get some stimulation, then strive to catch up together.

“Can Old Han and his team still manage their demonstration?”

Meng Heng asked Professor Su, who was uncertain: “Let’s see!”

Now they’re in a tough spot: they must proceed with the demonstration, but it’s impossible to outshine the others. It’s likely to be a bit embarrassing later on.

Although Yang Ping is remarkable in performing surgeries, surpassing these people, especially Sasaki, is almost impossible.

For limb reimplantation and arthroscopic surgery, young people have a chance to practice. If their talent is high, they can achieve an exceptionally high level. But this kind of complex trauma treatment is not just about talent, but requires a large number of cases. Sanbo’s microscopic trauma orthopedics have not been prominent for a long time; it’s impossible for Yang Ping to be better than Sasaki. If he can keep up with these lecturer-level doctors, he is already very remarkable.

It’s easier to advance in one field, but to progress in all fields is challenging. This is not just a question of individual talent and quality, but involves the entire training system. @@novelbin@@

Professor Su thought, it’s okay to face the gap. Young people should take some blows to further strengthen their faith. Let them roam freely in the sea. If they want to grow into sharks, they must compete for food with sharks.

“Should we find a reason to cancel the demonstration?” Fu Shancheng leaned over and suggested to Professor Su through Professor Meng Heng. After all, it wouldn’t look good to be too embarrassed later.

Professor Su disagreed with this approach: “If we cancel it, will the gap disappear? It’s better to truly demonstrate on the same stage and expose the real gap.”

The subtext is that your proposal is like burying your head in the sand.

Professor Su’s words were a bit stern. Fu Shancheng, who was well-intentioned, felt snubbed. Was this older brother taking things too seriously?

No longer speaking, Fu Shancheng, Meng Heng tried to smooth things over: “How about we provide some support together?”

Combining everyone’s abilities should prevent things from looking too bad. After all, with the combined strengths of Huaxi, Beijing’s three hospitals, as well as Mo Sixth, having the young delegates of these hospitals who came to the conference perform should not seem inferior, right? Even though trauma surgery indeed raises huge challenges!

Even if we can’t keep up with the management systems and medical equipment, our surgeons’ skills shouldn’t be much worse than those young kids from Tokyo, right? The idea is good, everyone is eager to excel, but Meng Heng is unsure.

“I appreciate your sentiment, but Old Han won’t agree to this. Don’t you understand him?” Professor Su’s tone softened, feeling that he had been a bit too harsh on Fu Shancheng earlier.

The three of them looked to their right. Old Han beside Professor Su didn’t seem worried at all. It was like people on the shore worrying more than the person actually in the boat.

Old Han’s fingers were habitually drumming on the table, and he was humming something in his throat. An opera tune!

What the hell! At a time like this, they’re about to crush us, and you’re still in the mood to hum a tune?

They wanted to say something to him, but they didn’t know how to initiate the conversation. This was akin to fiddling while Rome burned.

Ah well, it’s just Sanbo Hospital. Even if it gets crushed, it doesn’t represent much.

Meng Heng and Fu Shancheng settled back to continue watching. The microscope was brought over.

Sasaki had already washed his hands and returned. He wasn’t intending to remove the uterus and fetus? At least, we should remove the fetus, right?

He seemed to be planning fetal surgery. At this life-saving moment, he dared to perform fetal surgery?

How arrogant!

All the doctors present were surprised. Everyone had thought that the next step would be to remove the fetus and the uterus.

No one expected this. The microscope was even brought in.

It looked like they were preparing to perform fetal surgery.