Surgery Godfather-Chapter 572 - 520: Please Open Your Mind

Imagination is a powerful weapon to solve problems.

With plenty of imagination, Yang Ping can unleash this wildness through the support of the system, and even if he fails, it makes no significant harm.

If one has the capacity to withstand failures, or if the cost of errors turns out to be practically negligible, then success becomes much more attainable.

That’s why, when some people fail in their first business venture, they find no opportunity to bounce back.

While others, despite numerous business failures, still manage to find their way to success.

The financial backing of entrepreneurs determines their resilience, the most persistent winners surely come from wealth, otherwise, they cannot afford to bear the cost of failure.

The tumor being gradually separated under the microscope, and this entirely new microscopic dissection, makes it hard for Li Zehui to adapt. He has a hard time keeping track of the part of the surgery he is in; he is just focusing on steadying the lens.

Marshall, gathering both his hands around the heart, does not make much effort, doing it motionlessly indeed turns out to be taxing.

A patrolling nurse from the Philippines gave Marshall a high stool. He sat on the stool, which allowed his wrist and forearm to be supported by the operating table, hence making it much easier.

The equipment enters from the side of the aortic break point of the lens.

A water-injection tube also follows the lens deep into the atrium and ventricle as isotonic saline is irrigated, maintaining the heart in a dilated state provides maximum operational space.

And the water egress tube is inserted from the break point of the superior vena cava, allowing the isotonic saline to form a flowing path from the inlet tube to the outlet tube, thus preserving the clarity of the field under the microscope.

The tumor is completely removed, but it is too large to be taken out from the aorta.

Yang Ping manages to divide it into four segments under the microscope, and removes it piece by piece, placing it on the curved dish handed over by the assisting nurse.

The boundary of the tumor is clear, the surface is smooth, the hardness is comparative; it is close to the size of a bird’s egg. Judging by experience, it should be a benign tumor.

To ensure the integrity of the tumor, the instrument nurse tried to combine the four pieces to form a whole. Perhaps a hint of girlish innocence, after the task is finished, she arranged the tumor into a flower petal shape.

Yang Ping checked the left ventricle to confirm the tumor had been completely removed with no remnants, calming his nerves for the next step.

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Yang Ping successfully removed the tumor endoscopically!

Without damaging the myocardium!

Witnessing this amazement, Dodge did not know what to say. The surgery was wonderfully unheard of, a completely different process than he had originally envisioned.

Following that, the correction of the tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary artery stenosis, and ventricular septal defect, Yang Ping also planned to finish under the microscope. As the right ventricle is hypertrophic, once the pulmonary artery stenosis is relieved, it can self-regulate over time.

For the aortic override, the aorta has been cut off when the heart was removed. During the subsequent transplantation, it can be corrected.

A complex surgery, simplified in the hands of Yang Ping.

The ex-vivo heart can be manipulated in various positions catering to the need for surgery, this is the biggest advantage of using an ex-vivo heart.

Most of the time, certain tumors inside the heart cannot be completely removed by any other methods except taking the heart out of the body.

That’s because the ex-vivo heart can be adjusted freely in all directions, making desirable exposure at will.

Still, only a few top-notch cardiac surgeons dare to remove a heart, even for the excision of complex tumors in the heart.

No one dares to take the heart out of the body for deformity correction.

If it wasn’t for his own eyes, Dodge could not possibly imagine how the surgery would go today, the procedure blew his mind.

"Ever seen this surgical procedure?"

Odd Orelli asked.

Dodge shook his head: "I’ve never seen it, not even heard of it."

"He really was successful? Dodge, are you sure we’re not mistaken? It just doesn’t feel real."

Odd Orelli gave Dodge an unexpected pinch on the arm, a trick he learned from Melvin Mason.

"Ouch, are you out of your mind?" Dodge exclaimed in sudden pain.

The doctors in the room immediately turned to look.

Odd Orelli calmly said, "I just wanted to confirm, we’re not crazy, look, you feel pain, people around are looking strangely, everything seems normal."

"Melvin Mason!"

Odd Orelli noticed this guy had been silent since the beginning.

Like a dead dog, Melvin Mason was staring at the screen motionlessly. The open top of his bottled water fell onto his seat and spilled onto the floor, completely oblivious to the whole incident.

In his mind, he was simulating how he would have supported this astonishing surgery if he were the perfusionist in operation.

"Melvin Mason?"

Seeing the water on the floor, Odd Orelli frowned. Did Melvin Mason pee his pants in fear? It can’t be that exaggerated, can it?

"Melvin Mason?"

Odd Orelli pinched Mason’s arm again.

Mason shivered and immediately snapped out of his thoughts.

"Did you pee?"

Odd Orelli’s voice carried throughout the room.

The peaceful meeting room heard every word of it, and people nearby started noticing the water under the seat.

Mason felt embarrassed, he picked up the bottle immediately aware of the spilled water, and drank the remaining water in front of everyone: "Look, it’s the bottled water that spilled, I didn’t do anything, everything is normal."

He stood up and explained to the suspicious crowd.

However, his pants were wet, probably because the water bottle first spilled on the chair and then rolled onto the floor.

"Your pants?"

Mason felt his pants and cursed himself, there’s no way out of this.

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The pulmonary artery stenosis was eliminated, becoming incredibly wide, the ventricular septal defect was repaired, blood won’t flow from one part to another, causing a mix of the arterial blood and venous blood.

Yang Ping fully inspected the four chambers of the entire heart, then removed the instruments.

"I’m going to transplant this heart back in!"

Because once the heart is transplanted back, everything will be irreversible, therefore, Yang Ping’s inspection was very thorough.

The final step is actually a heart transplant surgery, the only difference being that in regular heart transplant surgeries, the transplant is from a donated heart, while in this infant’s case, the transplant is of his own heart.

Transplanting one’s own heart eliminates the risk of rejection reaction, so as long as the heart is transplanted back within a safe time frame, the heart can regain vitality.

Yang Ping corrected the position of the aorta overlap, then successively anastomosed the aorta, pulmonary artery, superior vena cava, and pulmonary vein.

The heart returned to its original position, lying quietly.

The heart-lung machine was removed, and blood was refilled into the heart.

Everyone was holding their breath, waiting for this heart to be revived.

In the previous surgery, Dodge only removed the tumor, but the heart never revived.

With such a big move this time, can it revive?

Everyone had a big question mark in their minds.

About thirty seconds later, the stilled heart resumed beating.

The surgery was a success!

Li Zehui’s heart surged with emotion, he had invested a lot into this case, even at the risk of falling out with his senior, he invited Yang Ping to Saudi Arabia.

The surgery was really successful now!

Marshall will probably never forget this moment in his lifetime, this strange heart is now beating again under his eyes.

He was part of this surgery.

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Dodge couldn’t calm down for a long time, he didn’t see any impending crisis, nor did he see an irretrievable situation.

The surgery was completed in a strange way.

Dodge’s leftover pride was shattered. The gap in skills wasn’t small, it was at utterly different levels.

He never imagined that Yang Ping’s surgery would be so proficient, not to mention performing surgery on an extracorporeal heart using an endoscope.

It was probably a world’s first!

Such a bold attempt could perhaps become an academic leader in cardiac surgery, and new Chapters could be unveiled around this technique in the future of cardiac surgery.

With suitable equipment in the future, many surgeries could be performed inside the heart chambers.

Dodge thought a lot, after finishing watching the surgery, his mind was opened, and he was excited inside.

"Any thoughts?"

Dodge asked Odd Orelli.

The Australian thought for a bit and said: "It seems like there’s a commentary with every step - unleash your imagination."

Dodge agreed and even knocked on his own head thinking that loosening it a bit might improve his understanding.

"How have we never heard of this Chinese doctor before? Nor have we seen him publish any papers related to cardiac surgery?"

Odd Orelli was confessedly convinced, what he saw was a figure who would guide the development trend of the discipline.

Dodge also didn’t know why. With this level of surgical skill, why isn’t he well-known?

"Perhaps it’s because his main specialty is orthopedics, or because he doesn’t like writing papers."

Dodge speculated.

A doctor gains a reputation within a small range based on word of mouth, and to do so in a large range, it definitely requires papers.

"But how does Li Zehui know him?"

This was the focus of the question.

How did Li Zehui come to know such a doctor and from what channel?

Dodge felt threatened because Li Zehui could connect with top-notch people that he was completely oblivious to.

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Robert was very relaxed, he had no interest in cardiac surgery, sitting in the corner resting, even starting to recite idioms when he was bored.

When he heard that the surgery was completed, he was the first to stand up, ready to help Yang Ping change out of his surgical gown.

With Robert here, no one else could take over this task.

Looking around at the circle of surgical instrument tables, the surgical nurse felt like she had had a close escape. This doctor’s surgery was too fast, and she couldn’t keep up with the pace. There were several instances when the chief surgeon had to wait for the instruments, and needed guidance from the chief surgeon to find the correct instrument.

For a surgical nurse, such a thing would create a lot of pressure and cause great shame.

Li Zehui picked out the instruments Yang Ping had just used one by one, trying each one out. He intended to study the video of this surgery later and also go over these instruments, as he had not fully understood some of the steps just now.

He had memorized the entire surgery process.

However, there were a few steps he didn’t quite understand, he didn’t grasp the technical details, he intended to study it later and ask Yang Ping for advice.

Li Zehui knew about Norman von from the Charité Hospital in Germany today. This surgeon who ventured into multiple specialties achieved outstanding results in neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, tumor surgery, and hepatobiliary surgery.

Now Yang Ping was the second cross-specialized surgeon he knew.

Surgeons who can cross-specialize certainly have very high talents, not just anyone can do it through effort alone.

Being with such a person can broaden one’s horizons and open one’s thinking.

After Yang Ping finished the surgery, he prepared to remove his sterile gown, Li Zehui immediately took off his outer gloves to help with removing the surgical gown.

The tall Robert blocked Li Zehui with his sturdy body, his proud eyes staring at Li Zehui - intending to take over his work? No way!