Surgery Godfather

Chapter 2210: Chapter 1445: Enlightened in an Instant

The nurse wanted to chat a bit more with Yang Ping, but Xia Shu, the chief surgeon, spoke up while performing surgery: "Professor, long time no see. You’ve been busy lately."

Yang Ping said: "It’s you guys who are busy. You’re cooped up in the operating room from morning till night. I start work at seven in the morning, but you’re at the department by six. I leave around five or six in the afternoon, and you usually don’t finish until after ten. We’re perfectly on opposite schedules. If we hadn’t come to see you today, we probably wouldn’t have met all year."

Xia Shu lifted his head and thought it was true. Since he became deputy director at the Cardiac Surgery Department, it has always been like this. He pours all his energy into surgery, leaving all the small daily chores for his wife Cai Qiaojun to handle, so there’s nothing for him to worry about.

"Yeah, I hadn’t noticed until you mentioned it. Our schedules really are perfectly mismatched," Xia Shu said.

Now that he had run into Professor Yang, Xia Shu decided to make the most of this opportunity by asking him a question he had wanted to ask for a while.

"Professor! Do you think your theory can be applied to coronary artery disease? Basically, coronary artery disease is vascular atherosclerosis. Can this atherosclerosis be seen as a type of degeneration? If we can activate the body’s self-repair mechanism, could the hardened blood vessels return to normal? That way, surgery wouldn’t be necessary, and we could treat coronary artery disease as soon as it is discovered, eventually restoring it to normal."

"Theoretically, it’s possible. However, the agreement theory behind the Spatial Orientation Gene Theory and the Stem Cells Theory hasn’t been clarified yet in terms of mechanism. Even if it is clarified, applying this theory to a specific scenario still requires a lot of research," Yang Ping candidly told Xia Shu.

Xia Shu finished stitching the last stitch on the bypass blood vessel and stopped his hand movements, allowing his assistant to take over the chief surgeon position and continue.

"Professor, I’ve decided to join your project. I specialize in coronary artery disease research and want to see if I can contribute some achievements related to your theory." Xia Shu had recently seen Manstein and Weber gathering at the institute to work on projects around Yang Ping’s theory, and it made him antsy. He knew there was great potential here. For most knowledgeable researchers, it’s crucial to capture and create the right opportunity to achieve results. Without it, sometimes nothing significant can be achieved in a lifetime.

Of course, scientific research shouldn’t be mercenary, but most researchers have a sense of self-interest; only a few truly pursue research out of pure interest.

The first principle of scientific research is to be pragmatic and truthful. Xia Shu is very realistic and acknowledges his self-interest. He originally joined Sanbo Research Institute because he saw Yang Ping’s limitless potential and believed he had a promising future by following him.

Isn’t this proving now that his decision back then was correct? Had he stayed at Fuwai, he’d probably still be struggling, unlike now where at thirty-something, he’s independent and working as deputy director of the Cardiac Surgery Department.

"Currently, my theory is at the hypothesis stage, and there’s a lot of further research needed. You can give it a try," Yang Ping encouraged him.

Yang Ping knew his hypothesis was merely foundational work. Like the development of modern surgery, after the appearance of anesthesia, hemostasis, and anti-infection, surgery only began. It will continue to develop for a long time, even now there’s still much potential for growth.

The Primitive Cells Theory is similar; it’s only just beginning to unfold. How long it will take to develop and what it’ll become, he does not know. He only knows he has opened the curtain to a new world.

"I’ll need to borrow your laboratory, professor!"

Xia Shu took off his gloves and surgical gown, handing the finishing work to the doctor on his team.

"You’re welcome anytime. Currently, our territory is a bit cramped; everyone has to make do. When the super research center is completed, there’ll be anything you need, and everyone can experiment freely." A nurse brought over a chair for Yang Ping to sit and rest beside them. It had been a while since he had sat in the operating room.

Watching others perform surgery sometimes made him eager to step in too, but he restrained the urge. In System Space, he had plenty of opportunities to perform surgery, so he left real-world opportunities to those who needed them. It’s important to not fulfill every impulse.

"Professor!" Xia Shu had already removed his surgical gown. He approached Yang Ping and stood next to him. "Our department admitted a very, very special patient yesterday, and I planned on consulting you."

Hearing "very, very special" piqued Yang Ping’s interest, and he immediately perked up.

"Coronary artery disease, planning to perform bypass surgery. The patient has porcelain aorta with diffuse small vessel disease overlay..." Xia Shu succinctly emphasized the key points as he spoke, knowing the professor was busy and wouldn’t have time to linger over ordinary cases.

"Porcelain aorta with diffuse small vessel disease?"

Indeed, it’s a truly "unique" case. So-called porcelain aorta refers to the widespread calcification of the aorta wall, which resembles eggshells. In normal bypass surgery, a hole is made in the aorta for proximal anastomosis. However, with porcelain aorta, clipping it may cause plaque dislodgement leading to cerebral infarction or aortic rupture. This forces doctors to abandon standard techniques and opt for no-touch methods, such as using the internal mammary artery for bridge grafting in situ, or using veins to construct a "Y-shaped bridge" entirely bypassing the aorta.

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