Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s-Chapter 1951: She’s Got This
No one knew what effect these subtle differences might ultimately cause. After all, doctors never used to be this meticulous.
Today was different; there was someone exceptionally meticulous with a one-track mind.
Orthopedic people might be able to spot a tiny trace faster than other departments.
Speaking of inserting screws into the pedicle, orthopedic doctors most fear hitting the nerve root. The intraoperative EMG electromyography is precisely to help monitor this for orthopedic doctors. Once there is a sharp fluctuation in the waveform on the electromyography, symbolizing explosive electrical activity, it’s certain that the nerve root is mechanically stimulated, with the worst outcome being that the pedicle gets fractured.
Usually, when orthopedic doctors are inserting screws, there will be some waveform fluctuation. The reason is that it’s basically impossible for doctors to visually estimate and hit the exactly precise location point. Another reason is that due to hard bones, it’s difficult to determine the most suitable structural position for the screw’s insertion, so if the process becomes tough, increased force might create shock waves affecting the nerve root. Therefore, in the process of pedicle screw fixation, as long as the waveform fluctuation is not too large, it’s considered normal.
Now this group of orthopedic doctors looked at the electromyography: Wow, they’ve never seen such a flat waveform before, with almost no fluctuation. The minor fluctuation can be ignored, and the duration is extremely short. This means that the screw landed perfectly on the bone’s most suitable structural point. So, just like driving a nail into a concrete wall, hitting that precise structural point, tap-tap-tap, the process must be extraordinarily smooth.
Chang Jiawei seemed very relaxed, as if with a few simple moves, the screws were all in. So fast that he felt his hands shake. It wasn’t the tremble of fear, but of excitement.
Completing it smoothly was like playing a video game and defeating a monster, blood boiling, full of energy.
People from other departments, lacking the professional insight of orthopedic doctors, could also tell that the Chief Surgeon hit the right spot. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
With the last screw, Chang Jiawei didn’t forget to let Student Xie try her hand.
Being able to personally try this hard labor of orthopedic surgery, Xie Wanying couldn’t hide the joy on her face.
Everyone watched as her eyebrows flew like larks singing high, feeling a shiver in their hearts as if facing a movie scene reaching its climax after ups and downs.
Everyone could only think, maybe Master Playboy Chang Jiawei let her do it either to stay true to his nature and impress a girl, or he genuinely wanted to see if besides her impressive theoretical knowledge, she was just a paper tiger. Whether her hand skills could keep up with her super-intelligent brain was a question to be examined. Orthopedics is unlike other fields, and for females, the technical requirements for manual labor are higher. For the latter, everyone was equally eager to see the truth.
With the tool in hand, Xie Wanying gripped the wrench in a straight-line hold, pushed it into the locked screw, and placed it in the bushing made by the teacher on the bone, beginning to twist.
The group first observed that her gesture in twisting the screw was very practiced, seemingly having an extraordinary familiarity with the screw’s properties: Could this be—?
Did she often screw screws at home? Is her family a factory?
She was adept at twisting screws. In her childhood, playing car repairs with her father, she frequently handled all kinds of screws with her little hands. The threading of screws has its intricacies. From childhood to adulthood, she often listened at home as her father and colleagues discussed the uses and properties of various screws when repairing cars.
