Professor Wang stared intently at the screen, the kidney transplant had been completed, and the liver transplant was now underway.
Director Li had replaced the first assistant. Director Li specialized in liver transplants, while Director Liu was a kidney transplant expert.
Yang Ping moved incredibly quickly, without any wasted or redundant actions.
The entire surgical procedure was seamlessly clear. This level of proficiency was the ultimate mastery, obtainable only through countless surgeries honed.
Professor Wang took a deep breath and whispered to Professor Pei at his side, "He really can perform kidney and liver transplants! He really can! Without performing at least two thousand surgeries, one couldn’t reach this level."
"Yes, he is indeed better than us in this aspect. However, he hasn’t performed any organ transplants before and lacks the qualifications. How could that be possible?" Professor Pei responded in disbelief.
Yang Ping’s surgery continued. He was treating the recipient’s liver area, dissecting the donor’s liver, connecting the machine, harvesting the liver, removing the recipient’s liver, transplanting the donor’s liver. The entire process had a clear rhythm, without any pause or disorder. Especially when watching Yang Ping suture blood vessels, it was a pleasure to the eyes, and was nearly like an art form.
"Watching this surgery is pure enjoyment!"
Professor Wang had never seen such a smooth operation before, and his own surgeries were far from this level.
Those who value expertise respect the mastery of their craft. Now he had truly accepted Yang Ping’s exceptional skills. Regardless of whether Professor Yang was certified, the fact was right here: His surgery was absolutely top-notch.
About fifty minutes later, the liver transplant was also completed.
Together with the thirty-minute kidney transplant, the entire operation took a little more than eighty minutes. It ended forty minutes shorter than the boasted two hours.
If the phrase "terribly shocking" was available in Professor Wang’s vocabulary, he would definitely use it right now to describe the situation.
Not only Professor Wang and Professor Pei, but all experts present were utterly stunned.
Anyone would be dazed by such a blitzkrieg.
Director Zhao, who had returned to his seat, asked softly.
Professor Wang and Professor Pei answered simultaneously. Professor Wang took a sip of tea and said, "Director Zhao, you’ve hidden a tiger under the guise of a lame pig. Professor Yang is definitely not inexperienced in kidney and liver transplants. Without a case load of two thousand surgeries, this level of skill cannot be achieved. You’ve kept him well-hidden."
Professor Wang was a bigwig of the Organ Transplant Centre at Beijing University, and Professor Pei was a high-level figure of Renji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Both were top organ transplant centres in the country.
Professor Wang and Professor Pei admitted they were inferior to Yang Ping, and the gap was substantial.
"It is true that Professor Yang has not performed any organ transplants in our hospital, but as for whether he has done so overseas, we cannot confirm. You’ve both witnessed today’s surgery. We intend to help Professor Yang apply for organ transplant qualifications. Do you think he meets the standard?" Director Zhao finally broached the main topic.
Professor Wang and Professor Pei hesitated. According to the qualification process, Professor Yang needed to undergo a year-long training at designated places and then an assessment.
But speaking of actual skill level, his technique was meant to train others. To be honest, training other experts ongoing would be possible too.
"Our Comprehensive Surgery Department plans to grant Professor Yang the authority to perform all surgical procedures. The hospital has already opened up permissions for those that it can approve. The remaining ones are all complex surgeries like organ transplants, which we have hesitated to authorize. Today’s surgery was a borderline case, with the qualifications of Director Liu and Director Li serving as a protection. We were wondering if we could trouble both senior professors to jointly recommend a special route to grant Yang Ping a qualification. If either of you still have doubts, you can conduct any inspection you see fit," Director Zhao was persistent.
Professor Wang waved his hand: "There’s no need for further inspections."
Just now Professor Wang had seen the entire liver transplant, while Professor Pei had watched both the liver and kidney transplants in their entirety. The surgical skill level was on complete display, what more was there to inspect?
Achieving this level of proficiency was not something one could fake.
However, granting exceptional certification for liver and kidney transplants required some serious consideration.
After the surgery was over, the gauze remained clean, producing very little blood during the surgery.
With Yang Ping’s precise dissection techniques, he was able to fully avoid handling blood vessels unnecessarily. If it wasn’t possible to avoid handling a small blood vessel, he would ligate or coagulate it in advance, which resulted in almost no blood loss and a clean operative field.
Director Liu and Director Li were almost faint. In order to keep up with the rhythm, they were highly focused during the entire process. The operation was a huge mental and physical exertion.
The surgery began, and I was a bit apprehensive, after all, I had never seen Yang Ping perform a liver-kidney transplant.
Now that the surgery is over, I firmly believe that Yang Ping is indeed a deity.
"Professor Yang, please visit us more often to perform surgeries and guide us," Director Liu earnestly said.
Just now, if Director Liu could learn half of the skill that Yang Ping demonstrated, he believes he could dominate the organ transplantation field.
Originally, Director Liu wanted to study in the United States, but now he feels like he was missing what was right under his nose. A deity was in his very hospital, and yet he planned to go to the United States to learn.
"Yeah, Professor Yang, please do more surgeries here. Don’t worry about qualifications, you can use our names, we will take responsibility for any issues," Director Li also pleaded.
"Doing a few surgeries here and there is no problem, but too many is not ok, qualifications are necessary," Yang Ping did not want to always live on the edge, it’s risky and not fun.
As Yang Ping prepared to take off his surgical gown, Director Liu and Director Li both rushed to help.
Professor Yao still stood by the machine, with no plans to remove his gown and step down. He looked empty, like a wooden figurine, his eyes devoid of spirit.
The one most impacted was actually Professor Yao. Using his technology and his machine, someone else had completed the teaching case.
And the key point is that he himself was included among those taught.
Just now, Professor Yao closely observed the surgery. On the foundation of Professor Yao’s original work, Yang Ping had made several improvements, which evidently surpassed Professor Yao’s techniques.
And these details were actually what Professor Yao had been pondering over for many years but had not cracked.
Today, he had found all the answers here.
Could it be that he unintentionally copied his version?
No, this technique was indeed his original creation, which took ten years to perfect.
Perhaps at the same time, Professor Yang had also thought of the bloodless transplant technique, but had not published any articles. But that doesn’t sound right, hadn’t his comprehensive surgery department yet started organ transplants?
The more he thought, the more confused his mind became, even basic logic seemed hard to clarify.
While dazed, Yang Ping urged Professor Yao to take off his surgical gown, and then told Professor Yao that there were a few places in the machine that could be improved, like making the tubes more convenient.
Professor Yao, unable to undress after several attempts, had to rely on Yang Ping’s help to take off his surgical gown.
Improving the surgical details was one thing, but now you know the machine better than me and you’re helping me improve it.
I’ve never seen such bullying of an original creator!
"Professor Yang, have you also researched this technology? I want to clarify, this no-blood-loss transplant technology truly is my original idea. I didn’t refer to any books or research papers, I started from scratch." Professor Yao declared to Yang Ping in a pitiful way.
"I had not researched it before, I learned it after reading your papers and patent materials. I felt guilty using your technique, so I took the time to research it and found several areas for improvement. Let’s consider this my tuition to you, how about that?" Yang Ping joked with Professor Yao.
Professor Yao waved his hand, "I don’t dare to accept, as long as I am not infringing on your rights, that’s all that matters. You scared me, can I make a copy of your surgical video?"
"Sure, you can copy as much as you want. Do you have a disc? I’ll get you one," Yang Ping readily declared.
The technique was his in the first place, what’s wrong with copying the surgical video.
Professor Yao was surprised at Yang Ping’s readiness, "I have a disc, it’s in the locker in the changing room, I will go get it to copy later."
Professor Yao planned to copy the surgical video and take it back to study carefully.
This was indeed a teaching surgery!