“It’s wonderful!”
In the live broadcast room, Vice President Jiang Fusheng couldn't help but clap his hands.
He went on to say, "Li Zheng is truly both bold and meticulous. I don't believe he's ever performed heart surgery before, but he was able to do it so effortlessly on his first try, like a seasoned expert. Talent, really, can't be viewed with conventional eyes. Otherwise, you simply wouldn't understand it!"
Director Duan nodded, feeling extremely happy, even happier than when he performed the surgery himself. His vision was truly excellent, and Li Zheng's performance had completely exceeded his expectations.
"Fortunately, I resisted the pressure and invited Li Zheng over. Otherwise, such a meaningful case would have been lost." Director Duan boasted.
Vice President Jiang turned to look at Director Duan and said with a smile, "Your contribution is indeed significant. This case has played a groundbreaking role in promoting the development of our hospital's cardiothoracic surgery department!"
Director Duan nodded vigorously and said, "Indeed, this is our hospital's first cardiothoracic surgery, the first combined chest-abdominal surgery, and even the first infant thoracic surgery. This is truly of immense significance!"
"You! Look how happy you are!" Vice President Jiang said with a smile. Duan Jianhui had indeed done a great thing for the hospital this time.
Of course, the biggest contributor must be Li Zheng.
Dean Zhang was sitting next to him. Seeing Li Zheng's outstanding performance, a smile never stopped appearing on his old face.
But he also began to feel a little worried.
Li Zheng's performance was so outstanding that the city hospital now frequently invited him to perform flying knives.
This frequency will only increase as he performs more and more surgeries. Will the city hospital's top management resist the pressure and actively recruit Li Zheng back? This is very likely. After all, judging by the current situation, Li Zheng would be a top executive even in a large hospital in the provincial capital. In the city hospital, he is a true leader in technology and academics, and can drive the development of the entire hospital's surgical level.
Li Zheng's skills in general surgery, orthopedics, microsurgery, and obstetrics and gynecology are beyond their understanding. Now he is showing his prowess in cardiothoracic surgery. Maybe Li Zheng will also be a big shot in neurosurgery.
Which hospital wouldn’t want to attract such an all-round super talent?
But after thinking about it, Dean Zhang didn't have much of a solution.
He couldn't possibly restrict Li Zheng from using his flying knife, that was even unthinkable.
Now I can only hope that the leaders of the municipal hospital will not be too embarrassed to do this, and I also hope that Li Zheng will remember my sincere love for him and not leave the county hospital so soon.
Everyone in the live broadcast room had their own thoughts.
Li Zheng's surgery did not stop either.
Next to the wound, another small incision was made and a small drainage tube was placed.
Next we need to close the chest and abdomen.
The sternum has been sawn open and now needs to be closed and fixed.
Steel wire is usually used for fixation.
It is really sad that such a small baby has to have circles of steel wire left inside his sternum.
Although everyone felt sorry for the child, they still stared at Li Zheng's operation.
After all, I have never seen any open-chest or closed-chest surgery, let alone surgery on such a small baby, so this is a rare opportunity and I have to go and see it.
Everyone stared at the screen, wanting to see how Li Zheng would operate.
As soon as Li Zheng stretched out his hand, Lin Xiaomei had already put the needle and thread in Li Zheng's hand.
"What is he going to do? Suture it directly? No internal fixation of the sternum?" a general surgeon asked quietly.
"I don't know. It's possible that we should suture the pleura inside first. The sternum must be fixed." Orthopedic doctor Zhang Yong whispered.
The others also looked at Li Zheng in confusion.
Li Zheng was seen holding one side of the sternum with a large pair of toothed tweezers in his left hand, holding the needle holder in his right hand, and placing a thick triangular suture needle against the sternum.
A flick of the wrist.
The triangular needle penetrated the bone and came out from the opposite side.
"He... he's going to suture the sternum directly?" Zhang Yong asked in disbelief.
Everyone asked the same question.
"Can the bones be sutured directly? Will the suture be strong enough?" asked another young doctor.
There was a brief silence in the live broadcast room.
Suddenly, Director Duan slapped his thigh and shouted, "I see. Li Zheng took advantage of the rapid growth of infants and young children. He didn't use wire fixation, but instead used strong absorbable sutures to directly sew the sternum. As long as you insist on not letting the baby lie prone for two weeks, the sternum will basically close. After three weeks, the bone is relatively stable, so even lying prone won't be a big problem. This way, you don't have to do a second surgery to remove the wire later."
No one here has more say than Director Duan, the director of orthopedics.
After hearing this, the other doctors couldn't help but raise their admiration for Li Zheng to a higher level.
"This style of always considering patients is worth learning from!" Vice President Jiang said seriously.
"That's right," Director Duan continued. "He actually took a risk by doing this. After all, if the family wasn't careful and placed the baby on their stomach, it could cause chest compression, sternal fractures, and suffocation. But he took the risk anyway. It showed his absolute confidence in his skills and his trust in the family. Unlike most of us doctors, we'd rather increase the patient's pain than take any more risks."
Everyone listened and nodded continuously.
Young doctors, in particular, regard Li Zheng as a role model and want to emulate him.
Vice President Jiang turned around and glanced at everyone, then smiled and said, "Don't just listen to Director Duan. Li Zheng's approach is unique and not universal. Your understanding of the disease and your surgical skills are not on the same level as Li Zheng's. Take this operation, for example. Li Zheng's suturing is actually a very good choice. Babies' bones are relatively soft, so suture needles can penetrate them more easily. There's no need to drill. Using thicker sutures on such soft bones, after tying and suturing, is not much different from wire fixation. On the contrary, it can save the pain and damage of a second operation."
The ability to make such a choice so calmly is based on Li Zheng's solid knowledge and strong surgical skills. Putting aside other things, even if you knew you could do this, would you be able to sew up the sternum properly?"
Everyone fell silent.
Everyone stared at the screen. Li Zheng held the steel needle and moved it back and forth freely between the sternum. The sternum was about to close completely.
These operations may seem simple, but if you really want to do them yourself, it is definitely not as easy as it seems.
A director of orthopedics and a vice president used this live broadcast to give everyone a profound lesson.
Dean Zhang sat next to him and nodded continuously.
Only in such an atmosphere can young doctors grow rapidly.
It seems that the county hospital will have to carry out more such live operations in the future. On the one hand, it can preserve precious imaging data, and on the other hand, it can maximize Li Zheng's role.
It was still too slow for him to teach alone on the operating table.
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