Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1044 - 859: The King

Chapter 1044: Chapter 859: The King

Professor Liang knew that Yang Ping was originally trained in trauma surgery when Sanbo Hospital established the Trauma Emergency Center, adopting a comprehensive trauma surgery approach. Yang Ping’s team was the absolute main force in this endeavor. He also knew that Sanbo Hospital had organized a symposium with Tokyo University and Yang Ping had performed a unique surgery that dazzled everyone present.

This case was very special; the patient had a massive vascular tumor in the abdomen, which was severely damaged due to abdominal trauma. The tumor itself was a tangled mess of blood vessels interwoven together, then connected to various blood vessels throughout the abdominal cavity. Once damaged, it was impossible to stop the bleeding and the only solution was to completely resect the vascular tumor, severing and ligating all related blood vessels.

This was more difficult than any complex abdominal trauma surgery because the tumor was unique, with no similar cases existing; its anatomy was unfamiliar to any doctor.

The massive tumor involved hundreds of blood vessels; it was nothing short of a hellish surgery, but Yang Ping managed to successfully perform it.

Song Yun, Kong Weiquan, and other orthopedic surgeons became excited. Professor Yang was a true master of trauma surgery with unmatched surgical concepts, skills, and speed. They couldn’t believe they were about to witness the professor perform such a trauma surgery today.

"Does Professor Yang also perform trauma surgery?" asked a doctor next to Song Yun.

Unable to hide his admiration, Song Yun exclaimed, "Just wait and you’ll see what emergency trauma surgery at the master’s level is like."

The orthopedic surgeons knew Yang Ping was the master of trauma surgery, but other doctors didn’t know. Neurosurgeons, thoracic surgeons, and general surgeons only knew of Yang Ping’s 13 published papers and had seen his skills in cardiac and pancreatic surgery, but were unaware of his mastery in trauma surgery.

Hearing what the orthopedic surgeons said, all the doctors became excited, eager to witness the master-level skills that Song Yun had described.

Soon, Yang Ping returned with Qiu Nuo after washing up for surgery, and Directors Long and Wen, without any reservations, came to help Yang Ping don his surgical gown, which made the surrounding doctors enviously watch.

These doctors often faced scolding from the two directors, but now watching how well they treated Yang Ping, helping him personally with his surgical gown, spoke volumes about his status.

The star of the operating room was still his own instrumental nurse; no big-shot at Xiehe would dare to do that.

It wasn’t that Yang Ping was trying to throw his weight around; he simply never thought along those lines. At Xiehe, the person who most often assisted Yang Ping was Qiu Nuo, which was why he brought her along to the operating table without any other intention.

As Yang Ping’s designated instrumental nurse at Xiehe, Qiu Nuo felt immensely proud, especially in such circumstances, to be assisting Yang Ping was an honor.

After Yang Ping was dressed and gloved, Director Xu immediately gave up the chief surgeon’s position.

Director Xu didn’t have to think twice about Yang Ping’s skills. Just moments ago, through just a few remote commands, he had helped him tackle several dangerous bleeding points that Director Xu himself had been struggling with for a long time.

All the doctors in the room immediately tensed, especially the orthopedic surgeons, who quickly found the best spots to observe from. Yang Ping was their king, the king ascending the stage, all eyes on him.

Yang Ping held his hands in front of his chest, his gaze confident, his posture erect, the aura of a king instantly enveloping the operating room.

"Thank you!"

He politely acknowledged Director Xu for yielding the chief surgeon’s spot and then without hesitation took his place.

"Director Xu, please go to the opposite side," he requested.

Going to the opposite side meant acting as the first assistant. Yang Ping needed a highly skilled assistant to fully utilize his own skills.

After quick adjustments, the surgery team’s placements were swiftly organized—a young doctor as the chief surgeon, with a host of big names as assistants, something every doctor below dreamt of but hardly believed possible.

In a race against time, Yang Ping began the surgery:

"Remove all suction tubes from the suction devices, use the suction tip directly, prepare five vascular clamps at a time, replenish immediately once used; keep a transfer curved plate nearby—"

"Anesthesiologist! How are the patient’s vital signs?"

"Tissue scissors! Non-damaging sutures and needles, anastomose the aorta!"

With a few words, he commanded both the immediate and subsequent actions, and since Qiu Nuo was familiar with Yang Ping’s preferences from assisting him frequently, she was able to cooperate efficiently.

Had it been another nurse from Xiehe, they would have struggled to keep up, severely affecting the speed of the surgery.

Yang Ping’s approach was clear and straightforward—first, control a few major bleeding points, then as many more as possible, after that remove a few pieces of rebar, and finally deal with two longer pieces.

Handling such a major surgery was akin to conducting a battle, requiring strategic and tactical expertise to command the operating table.

Depending on aortic clamping was a temporary measure. If it exceeded the time limit, the organs might suffer ischemic necrosis, meaning even successful surgery might not save the patient’s life.

Therefore, completing the hemostasis first was crucial—hemostasis is always at the core of trauma surgery skills.

Yang Ping began to anastomose the aorta in the tight space between the hands, as the aorta and the inferior vena cava were currently the main sources of bleeding.

Yang Ping took the tissue scissors, without hesitation, snipped through the aorta, removing the crushed middle segment, as a small part had been damaged, not easily noticeable. Such severely damaged vessels could not be left behind as they would definitely lead to the formation of new vascular tumors, essentially leaving behind a ticking time bomb.