The Godfather of Surgery

In the afternoon, Yang Ping conducted routine ward rounds and walked around the main ward. He went to the ICU to see Aisha. The little girl's vital signs were stable after the operation.

Brian was also allowed to enter the ICU for the first postoperative visit. Seeing that Aisha's vital signs were normal, he couldn't help but get excited again and admired Yang Ping's medical skills.

Brian also had an idea that he would donate his Nobel Prize to Sanbo Hospital. The money had been in the bank and had not been moved. He had planned to treat his granddaughter before, but he had never spent it. Now Brian wanted to use the money to Sanbo Hospital to study foreigners, to help more foreigners, and hoped that foreigners from all over the world could come to China for surgery. Although the money was not much, it was also a heartfelt gesture.

After Brian visited his granddaughter, he and Mannstein came to the doctor's office with a banner. At this time, Yang Ping was reviewing Aisha's surgery with the doctors. This kind of postoperative review can accumulate experience and lessons and improve everyone's surgical level.

Brian came to the doctor's office with a banner. Because it was his first time to present a banner, he had no experience, so he acted very stiffly. Before August had time to greet Yang Ping, Brian stood in front of Yang Ping, immediately holding the scroll banner with both hands and bowed at 90 degrees, fixed in front of Yang Ping like a sculpture.

Yang Ping was startled by his sudden action. This posture looked like submitting a surrender letter, not presenting a banner, which looked weird.

"Professor Yang, Mr. Brian is sending you a banner to express his gratitude to you. Please accept it." Maninstein couldn't speak this authentic Chinese with his Chinese level. This was the draft that August had prepared for him, and he had memorized it in advance.

At this time, the doctor next to him also understood that Brian was obviously here to present a banner. He suddenly stood here in this posture just now, and no one understood what was going on. Yang Ping quickly stood up and took the scroll banner.

But Brian kept this posture, and Maninstein thought he was too immersed in the play, so he patted him and said, "It's okay, you can stand up now."

Brian's face showed an extremely painful expression: "I-I can't move now, my waist can't stand up at all now."

Maninstein immediately went to help him, and several doctors also hurried to help, helping Mr. Brian to sit down together, but Mr. Brian's waist couldn't move at all, and he couldn't sit down in this posture. He could only be helped to the side as he requested. He held the edge of the desk with both hands and continued to maintain this weird posture, his face pale.

"Lumbar intervertebral herniation or lumbar spondylolisthesis?" Yang Ping immediately made a judgment based on the symptoms.

This is likely to be caused by a herniated or slipped lumbar disc, resulting in segmental instability. After bending down, either the intervertebral disc suddenly protrudes to compress the nerve root, or the lumbar segment is excessively displaced relative to each other, and the soft tissue is embedded and cannot be reset during the displacement process. Now he can only maintain this posture. In layman's terms, the lumbar spine is stuck.

"I usually don't dare to bend over like this, but I forgot about it today. I can't stand up after bending over like this. The back of my left leg is also swollen and painful." Brian gritted his teeth and spoke with an extremely painful expression.

At this time, almost all doctors thought of this. They were all well-trained and excellent doctors with excellent professional qualities.

"Help him go to the ward and ask Dr. Liang to come down and put a pain pump in him. Push it down for an MRI to see what's going on." Yang Ping instructed the doctor beside him, and everyone immediately took action, each taking their positions and working together.

Seeing that his old friend was so embarrassed by sending a silk banner, Maninstein had already made a full plan. Next, he would open the silk banner and read the thank-you letter on it, and then everyone would stand in a row to take pictures. But now everyone had no free time to open the silk banner and take pictures. They were all concerned about his condition.

Hearing what Yang Ping said, Maninstein also agreed with this preliminary diagnosis. If this was true, this old friend would have to undergo surgery in China.

"It's been many years, so every time I dare not bend down, sometimes I can't stand up straight when I bend down to pick up the scraps of paper on the ground. I always thought that I had sprained my waist. Today, the symptoms are particularly severe. I feel like my waist is broken." After Brian finished speaking, sweat was all over his forehead.

Someone pushed a wheelchair, but Brian couldn't sit in a wheelchair at all. He decided to walk to the ward like this. With the help of everyone, Brian walked to the ward step by step in this weird posture.

Everyone helped him lie on his side on the bed, and he still maintained this posture. The lumbar spine could not move, and the slightest movement was a bone-piercing pain.

After he rested for a while, Fatty Liang hurried over with equipment. With the assistance of a regular trainee, he quickly put an analgesic pump into Brian for pain relief. In Brian's case, ordinary analgesic methods would not be very effective, so Yang Ping simply gave him an analgesic pump directly.

After the pain was relieved, two young doctors pushed him to the imaging department for MRI. Mannstein followed behind him. He didn't expect his old friend's waist to be so disappointing and become like this.

The results of the lumbar MRI showed that there was a herniated disc at L4/5 and spondylolisthesis at L4/5. The huge herniated nucleus pulposus had pressed tightly against the left nerve root. The nerve root was obviously swollen and the degree of lumbar spondylolisthesis had reached the second degree. In this case, surgery was necessary. Not only did the herniated disc need to be removed, but the L4/5 also needed to be repositioned and fused.

"Old man, you are really lucky this time. The disease occurred in Sanbo Hospital." Maninstein congratulated Brian.

Brian thought Maninstein was still laughing at him at this time, but after thinking about it carefully, it was true. This disease has been going on for many years, and it will become like this sooner or later. Now it is in Sanbo Hospital, and Professor Yang is the surgeon. Isn't this lucky enough?

"I agree with you. This is a lucky thing." Brian is also open-minded. In his heart, as long as his granddaughter is fine, other things are not a problem.

Maninstein said again: "Just think of it as a small operation while coming to China."

"Just listening to the doctor's description, the operation is not small. The herniated intervertebral disc must be removed, the remaining intervertebral disc tissue between the two vertebrae must be removed, and then bone tissue must be implanted between them. Finally, special screws must be implanted to firmly fix the two vertebrae together so that they will grow together forever in the future." Brian curled up in bed, still lying on his side. On the way back and forth from the examination, he had already inquired about his surgery.

In this situation, it is not a matter of whether or not to have the surgery. The surgery must be done, otherwise he will have to go back to Sweden and let the Swedish doctors toss him around. Swedish doctors only perform a few lumbar spine surgeries a year. Their educational backgrounds are perfect and their theoretical knowledge is impeccable, but the number of surgeries is too low and their surgical skills are definitely not as good as here. In the past, Brian would not stay in China for surgery even if it hurt him to death, and would crawl back to Europe, but now his perception has completely changed. He really doesn't trust the skills of those high-ranking masters.