November 30th.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University.
Neurosurgery, Operating Room.
Zhao Xu, a resident doctor, was performing a craniotomy to remove a giant intracranial vascular malformation in a newborn.
The patient was a newborn baby only 17 days old.
His right facial and head region, chest, both axillas, and lower limbs had many irregular red patches.
This condition is known as Sturge-Weber syndrome, also called encephalofacial angiomatosis.
At the same time, the patient had a large vascular malformation between his two cerebral hemispheres.
There was a high risk of the vascular malformation rupturing. If it ruptured, massive intracranial bleeding would occur, leaving the child almost no chance of survival. Therefore, surgery had to be performed as soon as possible.
After the hospital team conducted a thorough preoperative plan.
They decided to let the resident doctor Zhao Xu perform the surgery as the main surgeon.
Zhao Xu was one of Professor Chen Yu's students.
In recent months, his medical skills had improved rapidly.
At the same time, the neurosurgery team and anesthesiologists would assist him in completing this surgery.
Inside the operating room at this moment.
Zhao Xu calmed his mind and focused.
He first selected the location for a temporal incision of the scalp and fixed it with gentian violet solution.
Then, he cut the scalp, separated the subcutaneous fascia and adipose tissue, and meticulously controlled bleeding.
Next, Zhao Xu used a cranial drill and milling cutter to open the bone flap, suspend the dura mater, control bleeding thoroughly, expose the brain tissue, locate the vascular malformation under a surgical microscope, and then remove the lesion.
He observed carefully, dissecting and separating layer by layer.
With his exceptional surgical skills.
Zhao Xu successfully separated the vascular malformation and completed the removal.
After achieving complete hemostasis, he inserted a drainage tube and meticulously sutured it layer by layer from the inside out.
Time passed quietly.
Unbeknownst to him, the entire procedure took 8 hours.
After the surgery.
The medical staff all gave a thumbs up, and cheers echoed through the room.
Although Zhao Xu was a resident doctor.
In this surgery, he was confident and smooth in every step.
Without exaggeration.
Zhao Xu had already inherited some of Professor Chen Yu's skills.
Professor Chen was a world-renowned physician.
Even inheriting just a little of his skills, it was enough to easily perform the craniotomy for the removal of a giant intracranial vascular malformation in a newborn.
At this moment, Zhao Xu also took a deep breath.
He felt immense pressure performing the surgery as the main surgeon today.
The slightest mistake during the procedure would have disastrous consequences.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
He knew his own limitations.
If he had been at his previous skill level, he absolutely wouldn't have been able to complete this surgery.
But since the summer.
Zhao Xu had been studying medicine under Professor Chen Yu.
Under Professor Chen's guidance.
His basic surgical skills, medical theory knowledge, and clinical practice abilities had all reached a new level.
Because of this.
He was able to successfully complete this surgery!
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On the other side.
In the operating room of the hospital's Head and Neck Surgery department.
Qin霜, a resident doctor, was performing a highly challenging surgery.
The patient was a 60-year-old patient with esophageal cancer.
Ten years ago, he was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and underwent partial laryngectomy.
Later, the patient's laryngeal cancer recurred and spread, requiring total laryngectomy.
The patient learned that total laryngectomy would make him lose his voice, and he would only be able to speak with the help of an artificial larynx, electronic larynx, or other devices.
At the same time, the patient also had hyperthyroidism, bilateral pulmonary nodules, bilateral kidney stones, and he also had hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.
However… he was very resistant.
The patient wanted to remove the recurrent tumor but keep his larynx.
Facing the patient's strong request.
After careful consideration, the team at the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University proposed a solution of "allograft larynx-trachea-thyroid-hypopharynx-esophagus combined transplantation".
Unlike the relatively mature transplantation of major organs such as liver, kidney, heart, and lung.
There were very few successful cases of larynx transplantation worldwide. There was not much information available for reference, and there was no mature experience to draw upon.
After discussion among the team members.
They decided to let Qin霜, one of Professor Chen Yu's favorite students, and experts from other departments, jointly perform this highly challenging surgery as the main surgeons.
The surgery had numerous difficulties.
For example, the scarcity of larynx transplant donors, and the special vascular conditions of the donors, involving multiple blood vessels and nerves, which could not be fully examined and clarified preoperatively.
For example, the need to complete the perfusion of the donor within a very short time, but there was a lack of specialized perfusion tools. Perfusion fluid perfusion pressure through the arterial blood vessels was very high, which could easily damage the larynx donor vessels.
For example, the larynx is a multi-tissue organ, including cartilage, mucous membrane, muscle, thyroid gland, etc. How to effectively prevent rejection.
For example, the larynx plays an important role in breathing and expectoration, it is a "polluted" organ, and the bacterial spectrum of the recipient and donor may be different, which could lead to infection.
For example, the detachment and trimming of the larynx donor, matching of small blood vessels, and selection of the optimal return vein.
Among these many challenges.
Every detail determined the success or failure of the surgery and the patient's life.
During the surgery.
Qin霜 and her assistants calmly focused.
She excised the donor's larynx, trachea, and thyroid gland, and thoroughly perfused the organs to prevent blood clotting.
The assistant performed a total laryngectomy, total thyroidectomy, and bilateral neck lymph node dissection on the patient.
There were no previous reports on this type of surgery.
In other words, today's larynx-trachea-thyroid-hypopharynx-esophagus combined transplantation surgery was the first of its kind in the world.
During the transplantation.
Qin霜 worked against the clock to perform the combined transplantation of the allograft larynx-trachea-thyroid.
She used small vessel reconstruction to reconstruct the patient's 2 arteries and 4 veins.
Then, Qin霜 spent 3 hours reconstructing 6 small blood vessels and 4 nerves, averaging 18 minutes to reconstruct one blood vessel/nerve.
During the entire surgery.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University had a total of 40 medical staff involved.
After the surgery, the main surgeons needed to keep their hands submerged in ice water for fine operations under a microscope.
Doctors from the hospital's organ transplantation center provided guidance throughout the procedure on cold preservation techniques, vascular opening techniques, and the use of anti-rejection drugs.
The anesthesiologists kept a close eye on the monitors, ensuring the patient's safety.
With the team members' excellent surgical skills, and the close cooperation of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Organ Transplantation Center, Anesthesia, and Nursing teams, the ischemia time of the donor larynx was minimized, greatly ensuring the success rate of the donor larynx-trachea-thyroid transplantation.
This process was very dangerous.
Every stitch was crucial.
If one stitch went wrong, blood clots forming in the blood vessels could travel to the lungs, causing pulmonary embolism.
And the transplanted donor larynx needed to "connect" with the reconstructed blood vessels, which was even more challenging.
The team led by Qin霜 carefully sutured over 100 stitches.
At the same time, Qin霜 also pioneered a method of reconstructing the cervical plexus nerve with the transplanted laryngeal superior nerve, achieving a world-class breakthrough.
After 10 hours.
The surgery officially ended.
The team led by Qin霜 breathed a sigh of relief.
The surgery seemed simple, but it was extremely difficult.
During the surgery, the patient experienced a surge in thyroid hormone levels, and even had a thyroid storm.
Fortunately, Qin霜 cooperated with the endocrinologist to regulate the patient's endocrine hormones, and both blood sugar and thyroid hormone levels were well controlled.
Next.
The patient only needed to rest for a period of time.
He would be able to cough up phlegm orally, speak simply, and regain some swallowing function.
After leaving the operating room.
Everyone had a smile of joy on their faces.
This highly challenging surgery was a world first today.
At the same time, Qin霜's surgical skills amazed everyone.
Seeing the joyful expressions on everyone's faces.
Qin霜 also took a deep breath.
As one of Professor Chen Yu's disciples, she was deeply cultivated by Professor Chen.
If she couldn't perform this surgery as the main surgeon, she would undoubtedly disappoint her mentor.
Fortunately, the surgery was a complete success.
Professor Chen would surely praise her when he learned about it!
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On the other side.
In the operating room of the hospital's Thoracic Surgery department.
Ning峰, a resident doctor, was performing a "mirror man" combined with lung cancer radical surgery.
The so-called "mirror man" refers to the position of organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, and gallbladder being reversed compared to normal people.
"Mirror men" usually do not affect health.
But if they become ill, it will pose a huge obstacle to surgical treatment.
Under the thoracoscope.
The entire surgical field looked like the left lower lobe of the lung as seen in a mirror.
This posed extremely high demands on the main surgeon's familiarity with the anatomical structure of the lungs and their spatial imagination.
The patient's heart and aortic arch, as well as the esophagus, were located on the right side. The right lung only had two lobes, and the fissure was completely undeveloped. The bronchial and vascular blood supply conditions were similar to the left lung of a normal person. Therefore, the surgery could only be performed as a retrograde lobectomy.
Ning峰, the main surgeon, led the medical team to thoroughly examine the thoracic cavity and understood the situation.
He observed carefully, dissecting and separating layer by layer.
When he separated the lower lobe bronchus, he found that the patient's right lower lobe posterior segment and basal segment bronchus were abnormally large, distributed in a staggered manner, tightly adhering to the posterior pulmonary artery.
If they were separated forcibly, there was a high risk of tearing the vessel wall, leading to uncontrollable massive bleeding.
Ning峰 made a decisive decision and used a red urine tube as a buffer and protection device, placing it on the tip of the stapler.
With his exceptional surgical skills,
He successfully separated the trachea and blood vessels, detaching the tracheal structure.
Next.
Ning峰, in one swift motion, successfully resected the patient's lung tumor and completed lymph node dissection.
At this moment, everyone in the operating room was ecstatic.
Only 25 cases of "mirror men" with lung cancer have been reported worldwide.
Of those 25 cases, only 16 underwent surgical treatment.
And this "mirror man" combined with lung cancer radical surgery today was the first of its kind in China!
Such a highly challenging surgery.
But Ning峰 completed it effortlessly.
His surgical skills were simply unimaginable.
Truly a worthy disciple of Professor Chen Yu!
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At the same time.
Good news of successful surgeries also came from other departments of the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University.
The success of these highly challenging surgeries filled the hospital with joy and laughter.
Zhao Ming, the dean, was also very happy when he learned about it.
These surgeries were actually very difficult for the hospital.
If Professor Chen Yu had performed them himself, it would have been a piece of cake.
But at this stage.
It was Professor Chen Yu's disciples who were performing the surgeries as the main surgeons.
Whether the surgeries could be successfully completed.
Was still an unknown.
As Professor Chen's disciples successfully completed one highly challenging surgery after another.
Zhao Ming's heart, which had been filled with anxiety, finally settled.
He couldn't believe it.
Besides his unparalleled medical skills, Professor Chen's ability to cultivate his disciples was also astounding!
…
After the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University successfully completed a series of highly challenging surgeries.
The hospital's website continuously released news about these surgeries.
Journalists also rushed to report on the events.
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs "Mirror Man" Combined with Lung Cancer Radical Surgery!"
"World's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Allograft Larynx-Trachea-Thyroid-Hypopharynx-Esophagus Combined Transplantation Surgery!"
"World's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Nerve-Preserving Resection of Giant Spinal Tumor Combined with 3D-Printed Lumbo-Sacral Joint Replacement!"
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"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs EAS Auditory Implant Surgery!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Robotic Total Knee Arthroplasty!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Autologous Deep Vein Reconstruction of Abdominal Aorta Surgery!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Novel Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation System!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopic Lung Nodule Biopsy!"
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"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Heart Transplantation Surgery for Twin Children!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs AIM Cochlear Implant Electrode Implantation Surgery!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Renal Artery Sympathetic Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs SUNA Trigeminal Nerve Microvascular Decompression!"
"China's First! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University Successfully Performs Modified Macular Fold Banding Combined with Autologous Retinal Transplantation!"
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Hundreds of surgeries performed for the first time in China.
Completely shook the Chinese medical community.
If it had been before.
They could understand.
After all, Chen Yu, the top surgeon in China, occasionally performed surgeries at the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University.
Professor Chen had even completed head transplantation surgery.
These relatively simple surgical procedures were a breeze for him.
But the key issue was…
Professor Chen Yu didn't perform any surgeries this time.
Instead, he gave his disciples the opportunity to perform the surgeries as main surgeons.
If the head transplantation surgery before demonstrated Professor Chen Yu's unparalleled personal skills.
Then this time.
It actually showcased his incredible ability to train his disciples!
In response to this, people from all walks of life sighed with emotion.
A truly great teacher produces outstanding students!
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On the internet.
Netizens were also discussing the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University.
"Wow! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University is amazing! They've created so many firsts in China!"
"Holy moly! The medical team at the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University is simply incredible!"
"Over 100 surgeries achieving firsts in China?! The First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University's medical skills are ridiculously high!"
"Did you guys notice? All the surgeons who performed the surgeries this time were disciples of Professor Chen Yu, even some were resident doctors!"
"My goodness! That's insane! In our hospital, ordinary residents don't even qualify to perform surgeries as main surgeons, let alone achieve firsts in China!"
"Yeah! These resident doctors were all trained by Professor Chen Yu. Professor Chen's ability to train his disciples is simply astounding, he's unmatched in our time!"
"I only knew that Professor Chen Yu's disciples were crazy about publishing medical papers in top journals like CNS, and they have a solid foundation in theoretical knowledge. But now… they've also achieved remarkable results in clinical practice!"
"I regret it so much! If I had known that Suzhou University's medical department had Professor Chen Yu, I would have definitely applied to Suzhou University! That way, I might have had the chance to perform highly challenging surgeries as a main surgeon, instead of just struggling to rotate through various departments…"
"Back then, people from all walks of life said that Professor Chen Yu would become the leading figure in the medical field. Now it seems like Professor Chen Yu has become a towering figure in the medical field!"