Chapter 654: Chapter 589: Professor Su’s Calculation Chapter 654: Chapter 589: Professor Su’s Calculation Mrs. Su occasionally visits the operating room to inspect the work, where the nurses are under the management of the Nursing Department, and the anesthesiologists are under the management of the Medical Department.

Thus, all the nurses in the operating room, including the head nurse, are her subordinates.

Today, Mrs. Su is somewhat taking advantage of her role as a supervisor to visit her daughter and son-in-law at work.

After all, it’s not easy to witness their work in a hospital different from hers.

Especially her beloved daughter, who chose to work in Sanbo Hospital rather than staying in the same hospital after graduation, is currently back performing minimally invasive surgery. Mrs. Su is immensely curious about her role as an instrument nurse. Would she be as outstanding as she was during her youth?

“Professor Yang–”
Yang Ping is having a low conversation with Su Nanchen on the other side, not noticing the entry of Mrs. Su when she takes the initiative to greet him.

Upon hearing his name, Yang Ping quickly raises his head. Even with a mask and hat on, he immediately recognizes his mother-in-law.

He suddenly realizes that this is his parents-in-law’s domain.

“Welcome to our hospital for guidance. If there are any shortcomings in our operating room, please be understanding,” Mrs. Su greets warmly as the director of the nursing department.

“Director Chen, you’re being courteous, we are also here to learn from this hospital,” Yang Ping responds, acting as the representative of the visiting professor for minimally invasive surgery.

Su Nanchen stands aside in silence, keeping his work and personal matters separate.

At this time, Dean Su, accompanied by Professor Zou, enters the operating room, reuniting the family in the surgical suite.

“Director Chen is here, too!”

Professor Su spots the towering figure of Mrs. Su.

“Hello, Dean Su!”

The room is crowded. The director of the nursing department makes way for the dean.

The dean nods slightly in greeting.

All in the operating room straighten up to greet the dean: “Hello, Dean Su!”

Professor Su nods slightly: “Hello, everyone!”

He then reaches out to shake Yang Ping’s hand: “Professor Yang, thank you for your hard work!”

Yang Ping shakes his hand politely: “Thank you, Dean Su, for the honor! And thank you for providing me with this opportunity.”

Dean Su shakes hands with each member of Yang Ping’s team, expressing his gratitude. No one can tell that they are family.

When he sees August, Dean Su is taken aback for a moment. Seeing Takahashi and Robert, he seems to understand what’s going on.

During his time in Japan, Professor Su had learned about the relationship between Takahashi and Yang Ping. He surmised that Takahashi’s presence likely meant he was there to learn and refine his skills.

He doesn’t familiarly know the other two foreigners, Robert and August.

However, Professor Su not only knows August but is also very familiar with him.

Could it be that August is also here to learn the spinal external fixator technique from Yang Ping?

It’s not impossible. As a spinal surgery specialist, Professor Su understands the value of Yang Ping’s new technique–it’s a cutting-edge surgical innovation internationally.

Therefore, with Dean Su’s intelligence, he refrains from asking unnecessary questions at this time.

No matter who these three are, as they are here with Yang Ping today, they are part of Yang Ping’s team, which negates the need for further considerations.

The first patient for surgery is a fourteen-year-old male adolescent with a Cobb angle of 83 degrees for scoliosis.

The patient has been anesthetized, and they begin to position him. Since this is the first time this type of surgery is taking place at this hospital.

The doctors and nurses here only know about the procedure from the manual “Guidance on Spinal External Fixing Frame for the Treatment of Scoliosis”. Yang Ping decides to take the lead in positioning the patient.

Bringing these three robust international trainees today serves this exact purpose. They often participate in transferring and positioning patients in the department and are familiar with this task.

Song Zimo goes to wash his hands and instructs the three heavyweights before leaving the room: “Be quick!”

August, Robert and Takahashi start to position the patient. Their cooperation is smooth, there’s no need for anyone else to intervene. They gently flip the patient from the supine position to the prone position.

Takahashi holds the patient’s head with both hands, providing slight traction to protect the cervical spine.

August places his hands on the patient’s iliac crests, using the pelvis as a pivot, lifts the patient off the operating table.

This fourteen-year-old adolescent has the same height and weight as an adult.

Usually, it would be difficult for a patient to be lifted off the operating table without the combined effort of two doctors.

But the German has good physical strength. He lifts the patient single-handedly.

Robert takes this opportunity to slide the positioning pads under the patient.

The successful positioning of the prone patient is beautifully completed.

August respectfully comes before Yang Ping: “Professor, the patient has been positioned. Can you please verify?”

Professor Zou is dumbfounded by August’s fluent Chinese.

Having been with his mentor for a year, he never knew his mentor could speak such fluent Chinese. He never heard him utter a single Chinese word before.

And his mentor, a renowned European spinal surgeon, is actually doing the work of positioning the patient.

This kind of work is usually done by junior doctors. Could it be that the European great master is so down-to-earth and accessible?

But his humble posture in front of Yang Ping, is that because of cultural differences?

Anyone with a normal judgment capacity can see that it’s a sign of respect to Yang Ping.

Moreover, the word “qualified” in his speech, is clearly asking Yang Ping: “Are you satisfied with the position I set for you?”

Is this really August?

Recalling August’s performance beforehand, Professor Zou wondered if he had mistaken the person.

Professor Su also expressed his doubts, but he didn’t bother about these for now.

Not only Professor Zou, but also other professors from the Spine Surgery Department of Attached Hospital One, who knew August, initially found his presence questionable, and now they had even more doubts.

Yang Ping pointed at the patient: “The position pads should be a little lower, keep the spine’s natural curvature as much as possible. I’ve said this many times, it’s not the same as traditional open surgery. Why can’t you people remember?”

“Understood!”

August signalled his colleagues to continue adjusting the position.

After adjusting the position, August came to Yang Ping again: “Professor, please check again!”

Yang Ping nodded satisfactorily, and August, like a student being praised by a teacher, was very pleased.

The more Professor Zou observed, the less he understood what was going on.

The other professors were also surprised. If they weren’t mistaken, and this person was actually August, how come he was so respectful in front of Yang Ping?

What’s going on?

Xiao Su started setting up the instruments after washing her hands, Song Zimo sterilized the area, and Yang Ping went to wash his hands in preparation to get on stage.

The surgery began, and the operating room couldn’t hold too many people, so everyone gradually moved to the teaching room to observe the surgery.

“Professor Yang, thank you for your efforts, we will retreat for now.”

Professor Su said his greetings and left the operating room with Professor Zou.

Mrs.Su planned to stay a little longer to observe her daughter’s movements on the operating table.

Xiao Su’s nimble hands sorted the instruments quickly. Mrs.Su nodded slightly; it seemed her genes had not been lost.

The bystanders left, leaving Su Nanchen and the three big shots.

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Teaching Room of the Attached Operating Room One.

Professor Zou accompanied Dean Su, watching his expression. Dean Su hadn’t mentioned anything about August and it wasn’t appropriate for Professor Zou to ask. He could only plan to meet with August later to understand what exactly had happened.

Out of the five surgeries, the first two didn’t use surgical robots but the last three did.

Everyone had already witnessed Yang Ping’s surgery during the Golden Knife Award.

So today the turnout was particularly high, apart from fearing Dean Su’s majesty, the majority were very eager to watch these surgeries.

The Champion of Golden Knife Award represented the peak surgical abilities of young doctors nationwide.

The teaching room was packed, even the corners were filled with masters and doctoral students.

“Data for the second batch of osteotomy is prepared by Professor He. Since his lab is too busy, it’s been segmented.”

Professor Zou reported on the progress of the clinical experiment.

All data models for osteotomy were offered by Nandu Medical University’s Digital Medical Laboratory, including support for data provided for Xiehe, 301, and Magic City Sixth Hospital.

Without the blessing of supercomputing, the lab’s computing power was insufficient, and data could only be produced in batches.

“Don’t worry, let Professor He take his time.”

The clinical trial was in no rush.

For Yang Ping’s external spinal fixation device, Dean Su had many plans revolving around this new technology. His son-in-law was still young and had lots to learn.

As the elder of the family, Dean Su naturally had to worry about him.

When he first suggested this research topic, Dean Su felt that success would be difficult, and even if Yang Ping managed to pull through, it would likely take more than three years. This kind of original innovation was extremely challenging.

But to his surprise, the entire experiment was completed in just three months, a pace of research that left Dean Su dumbfounded.

Therefore, many plans that weren’t originally scheduled now had to be moved up.

“Professor Yang’s research ability is terrifying, he succeeded in completing the project in just a few months. I heard that the next step is to prepare for the project of cloning muscles.”

Professor Zou, whose own level was also quite high, was finding it harder and harder to comprehend his son-in-law.

The surgery continued, with everyone focusing intently and observing every step.

Many professors who led groups were eager to try, hoping to perform a few cases. With this new technology, whoever performed it first would have an academic advantage. Even if they were not the originators, there was a difference between following soon after or waiting in line.

If they were to release papers as part of the first wave, there was no doubt it would be different than doing so after the technology had been widely dispersed. The academic value of the latter would be greatly reduced.

Considering Yang Ping’s next project, Dean Su planned to help him apply for the Outstanding Youth Science Fund. Although the fund didn’t amount to much, receiving its support was a bridge to becoming an academician in the future.

Furthermore, for the external spinal fixation technology, Dean Su was considering helping Yang Ping apply for the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Young people didn’t understand this aspect well and needed someone to guide them. These factors were crucial for promoting an academician in the future.

Dean Su, having experienced the selection of academicians, had a clear idea. His son-in-law was extremely talented, and as long as he continued developing steadily, becoming an academician was inevitable.

To make the path smoother, his son-in-law’s talent and his own connections needed to be combined.

Therefore, for his son-in-law, Dean Su always had a plan and was constantly strategising.