Surgery Godfather

Chapter 261: Chapter 0245 New Task

The last guest was sent to the airport, marking the official end of the academic conference.

Over two thousand doctors who attended the conference finished the two-day meeting and hurriedly returned to their hospitals to begin their busy work.

Yang Ping returned home, his body weary, and sprawled onto the sofa, not wanting to get up at all.

“Ding dong, stage task: help Sanbo Hospital establish the strongest trauma orthopedics department in G City, task completed! Reward 500,000 points!”

“Accompanying gift, Silver Box——The third of the system’s super cultivation methods, auxiliary examination training!”

“The operating room function of the system space has been expanded, and a new function——surgery simulation, has been added.”

“Ding dong! New stage task: Win the national Golden Knife Award.”

A series of mechanical female voices and captions appeared, leaving Yang Ping scrambling to cope.

The first stage task was finally completed. It had been a step-by-step journey, not easy, and even somewhat difficult.

It seemed that if one wanted to reap the rewards, they must give something in return. The difference lay in what was to be given.

Without any chance to catch his breath, the system issued the second stage task: to win the national Golden Knife Award.

This task was much harder than the first.

To win the Golden Knife Award, you must be able to skillfully perform all orthopedic surgeries, including scoliosis correction.

However, such surgeries were rare in the average medical university-affiliated hospitals, resulting in a pitiful annual case count ranging from a few to a dozen, with most cases concentrated in top hospitals in Shanghai, Beijing, and a few in the west. Thus, the winner of the Golden Knife Award was always among these hospitals, and never went to any other.

Yang Ping was curious, what exactly was the Silver Box—auxiliary examination training?

He entered the system space and looked up the introduction to auxiliary examination training on the light screen.

Auxiliary examinations referred to things like routine blood tests, biochemistry, liver and kidney function, electrocardiograms, X-rays, CT, MRI, surface ultrasounds, and all other tests that require laboratory and instrument equipment. @@novelbin@@

This training included the theory and operation of these tests, as well as data analysis and interpretation.

The system linked anatomy, physiology, pathology, etiological pathology, symptoms and signs, auxiliary examinations together, establishing a complete logical model with basic theories such as anatomy and physiology as its core, and symptoms, signs and auxiliary examinations as external manifestations.

Through this model, the strong logical thinking ability of doctors could be trained to analyze the deep causes behind each symptom, sign and test index.

This training was long-term and progressive. Not wanting to rush things, Yang Ping decided to postpone it and slowly train in the future.

What kind of black technology was the newly launched surgery simulation feature? Yang Ping wanted to try it out, so he used his thoughts to click the “Surgery Simulation” button on the light screen.

In an instant, he entered the surgical space. It was empty and there was nothing inside. What was happening?

“The surgery simulation feature needs to be activated by thought and is divided into scenario simulation and free simulation. Scenario simulation replicates a real surgery scenario, whereas, in free simulation, you can freely choose specimens, instruments, and devices for the surgery simulation,” the mechanical female voice explained.

“In scenario simulation, when the host obtained the system binding during the rescue of the case of ruptured external iliac artery, that surgery was scenario simulation. It replicates that surgery completely and is suitable for repeated simulation training for patients currently undergoing surgery.”

“Free simulation is suitable for patients who haven’t undergone surgery yet. It allows you to select the optimal surgical plan or perfect the surgical plan by simulating the surgery. You can freely choose various combinations of instruments and equipment for the simulation, unrestricted by real-life scenarios.”

“Activate by thought?” asked Yang Ping.

The mechanical female voice answered, “You just need to think of the patient and the surgery in your brain, and the system will provide the specimen and surgical tools based on your thoughts.”

Following the system’s instructions, Yang Ping wanted to simulate Sisi’s surgery—killing tumor cells with a focused ultrasound knife.

This idea clearly appeared in his mind. Immediately, a specimen appeared in front of Yang Ping, lying on a piece of medical equipment, but they were covered by a thick fog and were blurry. Moreover, Yang Ping was unable to get close, as if there was an invisible wall blocking him.

“This surgery simulation requires 50 thousand points. Do you confirm to continue the simulation?” the mechanical female voice reminded.

So expensive? 50 thousand points!

However, if he didn’t simulate, he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to perform Sisi’s surgery because some deficiencies of the focused ultrasound knife could not be compensated by the doctor’s skills alone.

“Confirm!” said Yang Ping, grinding his teeth.

The fog in front of him immediately dissipated, the invisible wall disappeared, and as Yang Ping approached, he realized that the piece of medical equipment was indeed a focused ultrasound knife, identical to the one in Sanbo Hospital. The patient lying on it was Sisi, with an external fixator on her right thigh.

“This is her replica, not the real patient. The technical data of the equipment and the patient’s medical records can be checked on the light screen,” said the mechanical female voice, and then fell silent.

Yang Ping calmly called up the manual and other data of the focused ultrasound knife from the light screen and read it carefully several times, mastering the principles, structure, usage, and precautions of this equipment.

Having previously researched the focused ultrasound knife department, I had a solid foundation which made this time much easier.

Apparently, this system only creates conditions for me. As for acquiring knowledge and abilities, it still depends on my own efforts. Without sufficient willpower, it’s impossible to make full use of this system.

Because the system space is a closed, solitary, and isolated one. There are not many people who can consciously learn in such a space.

After thoroughly researching the focused ultrasound knife, Yang Ping started examining Sisi’s clone. The screen can display the clone’s medical records, which are more detailed than her real ones and include all records from her birth until now.

In the case of imaging data, whether the tests have been conducted in reality or not, they can be found here. For example, if you want an X-ray of a certain part of the clone, you just need to select the X-ray option. If it exists in reality, the existing X-ray is pulled up; if it doesn’t, the system will take another and display it.

This function is powerful, but it’s greatly expensive. It’s a luxury feature with a luxury price!

Unless forced to do so, a few simulated surgeries can deplete the points accumulated from a phase mission.

When he had almost finished studying the clone and the equipment, Yang Ping began performing surgery, using focused ultrasound waves to eradicate the tumor.

Initially, this seemed to be a simple task: just aim at the tumor and strike.

But in practice, it’s an extremely complex operation.

Firstly, positioning is challenging. This type of positioning is in 3D, requiring both XY and Z coordinates.

It’s like having a huge gem hidden underground. After detecting it, you point out a spot on the surface and drill a hole straight down to the gem, neither too deep nor too shallow, and extract it.

The difficulty of striking a tumor with a focused ultrasound knife is even greater. It employs the technique of shooting a cow through a hill: you have to hit the cow on the other side of a hill without deviation.

When ultrasound waves are focused, they penetrate the skin, fascia, and muscles to strike the tumor. If they miss, they will not only fail to kill the tumor but also burn normal tissues.

Some uses of the ultrasound knife to perform myomectomy have resulted in abdominal skin burns, while the fibroids were not completely removed.

Therefore, it also has side effects. To prevent side effects, the premise is to have zero errors. Any errors can potentially harm normal tissues.

The instrument’s two biggest weaknesses are poor positioning ability and inability to detect internal organ temperatures. With color ultrasonic positioning, it’s challenging to execute precise 3D positioning. This shortcoming reduces its effectiveness.

Additionally, there’s no way to detect the temperature the target organ has reached after being hit. Hence, it’s unknown how high the temperature becomes and whether it’s sufficient to kill the target.

This issue is very troublesome. It’s as if you’re firing a cannon at an enemy target with low striking rate and unknown destructive power. Even if you hit the enemy, they might not be affected at all. This cannon’s usefulness on the battlefield is quite low.

However, this equipment is designed very well. But to become a mature medical device recognized worldwide, it still has a long way to go. At this stage, it’s unlikely to have much impact.

But considering Sisi’s current condition, Yang Ping decided to attempt this treatment since there were no other alternatives in mind.

Yang Ping began focusing ultrasound knife treatment on Sisi’s clone. Thanks to the simulated surgery function, it’s possible to learn a lot from repeated trial and error.

Yang Ping used the computer mouse to control the high-frequency ultrasound transmitter, focusing high-frequency ultrasound waves, aiming, and striking.

The transparent human body on the screen immediately displays the strike area, temperature, and error. Based on these data prompts, Yang Ping kept adjusting until he could accurately hit the tumor.

Once he could hit the tumor accurately but the temperature wasn’t high enough, Yang Ping boldly adjusted the ultrasound parameters according to the screen prompt, so as to generate the best temperature when striking the tumor, achieving good results.

Each strike not only displays the temperature of the target organ but also the surrounding temperature. This prevents accidental harm to surrounding normal tissues.

Yang Ping was experimenting bit by bit, then recorded the data of each successful experiment. He conducted thousands of trials for the tumor on the right thigh. He meticulously trialed everything from the center to the edge and then adjusted the number and parameters of strikes.

Next, he experimented with liver metastases. It took another few thousand trials before he obtained satisfactory parameters.

For lung metastases, as they were obstructed by the ribs, ultrasound was hard to utilize. Yang Ping attempted to penetrate the intercostal space to achieve the treatment effect.

After hard work, he individually experimented with the primary tumor on the right thigh, the liver, the lungs, and the spine metastases, collected data and noted it down.

Each tumor required dozens of strikes, with totally different parameters each time. There were over two hundred strike data in total for the various tumors. Yang Ping recorded all of them in his mind.

Without the surgical simulation function of the system space, using a focused ultrasound knife to treat Sisi’s tumors would have probably remained just an idea, unachievable.

Now, through surgical simulation, Yang Ping obtained a large amount of precise data that can only be obtained through trial and error. In reality, it’s impossible to acquire these data.

After exiting the space, Yang Ping was confident about treating Sisi’s tumors.

A complete cure is impossible. But through ultrasound treatment, the spread of tumor cells can be reduced, maintaining a temporary balance between the tumor and Sisi’s body.

In this way, extending survival time even while living with a tumor is still a substantial success.