Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Today, more than 1,000 senior doctors and professors from more than 30 hospitals across the United States gathered together to prepare to visit the legendary "minimally invasive surgery" on site.
In fact, most of these doctors are skeptical.
The concept of minimally invasive surgery is not new, and many doctors have tried to perform this type of surgery, but so far there have been no successful cases.
Because this kind of surgery relies on, in addition to the surgeon, the most important thing is the "laparoscopic machine". If you don't have this tool, the surgery cannot be performed.
Now, a pharmaceutical company in Hong Kong suddenly comes out and tells everyone that they have invented a "laparoscopic machine" and it has been used clinically in two hospitals in Hong Kong and China for more than two years.
There is also a lot of data. In total, laparoscopic surgery has been performed on more than 50,000 cases with a success rate of 98%.
When these data and papers on minimally invasive surgery were published in international medical journals, doctors around the world became restless.
This would be a revolutionary surgical feat, if true.
Unfortunately, the inventor is a pharmaceutical company in Hong Kong and its use is limited to two hospitals, which has caused a sense of distrust in the medical circles in Europe and the United States.
For them, any progress in medicine, a top-level field in the history of science and technology, should be created and invented by white people in developed countries in Europe and America. This is credible.
It has to be said that racial discrimination and regional discrimination are everywhere.
On the contrary, the Mayo Clinic, the world's number one institution, has no prejudice.
If we were to say which European and American hospital in the world knows the most about the strength of Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceuticals, it would be Mayo Clinic.
From the Helicobacter pylori project to the organ transplantation project, they have always been actively involved and even generously provided relevant medical supplies and support, only requiring them to fully participate in the project research and clinical application.
This also applies to minimally invasive surgery.
In fact, the relevant doctors from Mayo Clinic had gone to Margaret Hospital and Four Seasons Hospital for "further training" a year ago and fully participated in laparoscopic surgery.
The doctors currently undergoing further training are already very good at using laparoscopy to perform minimally invasive surgeries, and their skills are almost surpassing those of the original owner.
This is the reason why Mayo Clinic has become the "world's number one" because they are inclusive and do not simply verbally question any medical progress, but actively participate in it.
This will not only help us determine whether the topic is real or fake, whether it has a future or is just a rehash, but also whether it is necessary to introduce it.
Only if you have experienced it yourself can you have the right to speak, instead of just blindly saying like other hospitals, that things invented by Chinese people must be backward.
This time, the American Medical Association, including various medical associations, organized so many doctors to visit the "minimally invasive surgery" invented by Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceuticals, which was also initiated by the Mayo Clinic.
Chen Xia appeared in the large lecture hall with the main group.
The doctors who came to the United States to perform teaching surgeries were all elites from the two hospitals under the Four Seasons Group.
The surgical experts from Four Seasons Hospital are Professor Wu Mengchao from the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Professor Wu Zhibin from the Department of General Surgery, Professor Jin Jie from the Department of Gynecology, and Professor Guo Ming from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology.
The surgical experts from Margaret Hospital are Professor Xu Sai from the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Professor Cai Yi from the Department of Orthopedics, Professor Tang Zhiren from the Department of Spine Surgery, and Professor Wu Liqun from the Department of Oncology.
Not to mention the doctors in Hong Kong, but all the doctors in the mainland come from top hospitals such as Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Fudan University Hospital, and the Second Military Medical University.
If Chen Xia wants to make minimally invasive surgery a success, he has to fully promote his "laparoscopic machine" to developed countries such as Europe, the United States, Japan, etc., so as not to let his investment of more than 2 billion go to waste.
This battle must be fought successfully, and the operation must be foolproof and performed with the utmost care.
Therefore, young doctors such as Xie Liping and Pan Mingming were not sent to the stage this time. Although their level is already quite good, they do not look as authoritative as the professors at first glance.
By the way, Professor Wu Mengchao and his two main assistants Xie Liping and Zeng Shusheng have now become the world's No. 1 in hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation.
If Chen Xia hadn't repeatedly requested to go to the United States for a teaching surgery, they would not have been able to spare the time and all the surgery appointments were full.
In addition, doctors Chen Chun and Ren Yuanfei have unique plans for antiviral treatment of hepatitis. With the collaboration between internal medicine and surgery, the liver department has become invincible.
Not only are there patients from mainland China, but patients from all over the world who have the conditions, as long as it involves hepatobiliary surgery, come to Four Seasons Hospital and Margaret Hospital.
The person who gave the explanation on minimally invasive surgery at Mayo Clinic this time was Chen Xia himself.
Wearing a white coat, Chen Xia explained to doctors from all over the United States the principles and advantages of minimally invasive surgery, as well as the clinical data from Four Seasons Hospital and Margaret Hospital.
In addition, another main point he explained was the characteristics of the laparoscope and its absolute advantages in minimally invasive surgery.
You know, this is an academic report.
If you don’t know, you might think this is a product promotion meeting.
Chen Xia spoke for a full three hours, interspersed with many pictures and videos, and explained almost every aspect of minimally invasive surgery.
There was enthusiastic applause after the speech. The more than 1,000 doctors present were not outsiders. The principle of minimally invasive surgery can be fully explained by medical science, and it makes perfect sense, so it is highly credible.
What's more, there will be a teaching surgery in the next few days, which cannot be faked.
As the Chinese say, whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk.
There are many people who believe in it, and there are also many doctors who don’t. For example, during the question-and-answer session, some doctors asked questions one after another.
"Doctor Chen, I'd like to ask, why is the umbilicus the primary site for laparoscopic surgery? And not some McMaster point or Mohr point?"
Chen Xia was well prepared and immediately pulled out a picture from his computer:
"This is because the umbilicus is a natural hole. Using this hole can reduce the damage to the surgery and will not bypass major blood vessels and nerves."
Another doctor asked: "Why is carbon dioxide gas used to expand the abdominal and thoracic cavities during laparoscopic surgery? What is the purpose?"
Chen Xia picked up the microphone and answered:
"We do this to provide a better visual field during surgery. Visual field is the lifeline of laparoscopic surgery and is very important. The real-time operating range of the surgery needs to be completely within the screen so that we, the surgeon, can understand it at a glance.
Also, everyone should note that the distance between the lens and the main field of view is very important. Too far means loss of visual clarity, while too close makes it difficult to take into account the entire field of view and can easily cause the lens to hit intra-abdominal structures and become blurred.
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