Chapter 362: Human Sobriety

"I didn't understand the surgery; I was just watching the spectacle, and I thought it was awesome that there was no bleeding," Bai Chuzhang said directly, without any embarrassment. "Let's wait for Deng Chaohong to come down and ask him how he felt."

"It was definitely super awesome!" Liu Zhuren was becoming increasingly protective, and in his heart, he already viewed Ji Xiang as his own child. "We are all surgeons; although the surgical procedures are different, the key points of the surgery are all the same."

A kind smile appeared on Liu Zhuren's face, and Bai Chuzhang was slightly surprised.

He felt that his old friend's state was becoming increasingly strange; if Liu Zhuren had a daughter, Bai Chuzhang would have suspected he was preparing to recruit Ji Xiang as a son-in-law.

"The anatomical structure was clear; that is the most important point. Look at the surgery Xiao Ji just performed—not to mention doctors, even an ordinary person could see it clearly. To be able to achieve this is to be a top-tier surgeon!"

The praise he gave was extremely high, but Bai Chuzhang did not refute it. Recalling Ji Xiang's surgery just now, it was indeed as Liu Zhuren said; the anatomical structure was clear to a breathtaking degree.

Bai Chuzhang always felt there was more to the surgery, but after all, different professions are like mountains apart, and he hadn't fully understood it.

Ten-plus minutes later, Deng Chaohong came to change his clothes. Liu Zhuren waved the cigarette in his hand, and Deng Chaohong waved his hand, signaling he didn't smoke.

"Professor Deng, tell us about the surgery just now," Bai Chuzhang asked straight away.

Deng Chaohong's expression was extremely vivid, and he calmed down immediately, but the change in his expression just now had been fully captured by Bai Chuzhang.

"Bai Chuzhang, let's put it this way," Deng Chaohong organized his thoughts and said cautiously, "I had heard of Doctor Xiao Ji before, and I was looking forward to his performance in the Orthopedics Department. But since he came to our Orthopedics Department, there hasn't been anything special; he is an extremely excellent Standardized Training Doctor, but it's a world of difference from his performance in the Urology Department."

"Later, I pondered it, and theoretically, it should be that Doctor Xiao Ji encountered a master's guidance during his internship in the Urology Department, and coupled with his innate talent, so..."

Speaking to this point, Deng Chaohong gave a bitter smile.

Bai Chuzhang and Liu Zhuren didn't speak, not interrupting Deng Chaohong's account.

"Today, Doctor Xiao Ji's surgery can be called domestic... no, it can be said to be world-class surgery."

"!!!"

"!!!"

Bai Chuzhang and Liu Zhuren were slightly stunned.

They had originally felt that their own evaluation of Ji Xiang was already super high, but they never expected Deng Chaohong to give a world-class evaluation.

Bai Chuzhang frowned, "Professor Deng, is this evaluation of yours sincere?"

"Bai Chuzhang, it is true," Deng Chaohong said cautiously. "In fact, I have an illusion that even 'world-class' isn't enough."

"..."

The two were speechless.

"Professor Deng, tell us in detail," Bai Chuzhang retracted his expression of having everything under control and asked in a deep voice.

"I didn't see the full steps of the bursa detachment. After I went out to talk to the Family Member and came back to see the surgery on the TV screen, my first reaction was wanting to kick Ji Xiang from behind."

"Oh? What do you mean by that?"

"Expanding the bursa debridement does indeed have more pros than cons for the Patient, but there is great controversy in the academic world, and the vast majority of people believe one should not perform expanded debridement," Deng Chaohong explained. "Freeing the bursa is extremely difficult; I can't do it well, so I only free the most critical bursa, otherwise the losses outweigh the gains."

"But Xiao Ji's technique was too good; he expanded the range of the release, and the surgical duration was actually shorter than mine."

Bai Chuzhang nodded, and Liu Zhuren looked slightly smug, as if they were talking about him.

"Of course, that was just the preparatory step; the most important thing is that Doctor Xiao Ji used the shaver to perform the Shaving of the bone spurs."

"A bit more and it would be too thin; a bit less and the effect wouldn't be good. Shaving the bone spurs is the hardest part. But what Xiao Ji did was just right, natural and seamless, neither too much nor too little."

"Is that so?" Bai Chuzhang asked, resting his chin on his hand.

"Yes!" Deng Chaohong said. "The bone quality of the Acromion after the Shaving is exactly the same as normal bone. If I didn't know the Patient's condition, I would have thought the Patient's rotator cuff had never been injured and there was no Impingement Syndrome."

Deng Chaohong got excited, took a cigarette from Liu Zhuren, lit one for himself, and then began to talk incessantly.

About ten minutes later, seeing that Deng Chaohong had basically finished speaking, Bai Chuzhang asked, "Professor Deng, then can you tell us if there were any shortcomings in Xiao Ji's surgery?"

"If there is any problem with the whole surgery..." Deng Chaohong hesitated for a moment.

"Speak directly."

"Doctor Xiao Ji is too cautious."

"Hmm?" Bai Chuzhang was puzzled.

"Finally, using the Endoscope to confirm the completion of the surgery, Doctor Xiao Ji used two methods. He first retracted the tip of the lens to the middle of the Acromion, kept the lens axis parallel to the lower edge of the posterior Acromion, and faced the 30° lens slope toward the lower rotator cuff, unable to see the anterior edge of the Acromion, proving the surgery was successful."

"I thought he was going to flush and end the surgery, but it turned out Doctor Xiao Ji started a second set of checks."

"He inserted the Arthroscopy into the subacromial space from the subacromial lateral approach again, and the shaver entered from the subacromial posterior approach. The significance of doing this is that if the acromioplasty is sufficient, the long axis of the shaver can be flush with the entire length of the lower edge of the Acromion, up to the anterior lower edge of the Acromion."

"This step was somewhat redundant and too cautious, giving me the illusion that Doctor Xiao Ji had had a Medical Malpractice incident while performing similar surgeries in the past."

"..."

"..."

Bai Chuzhang and Liu Zhuren were dumbfounded.

Not to mention whether Deng Chaohong's praise was correct or not, just the fact that Ji Xiang performed two checks at the end—they had witnessed the entire process of the surgery, yet they hadn't noticed the details at all.

The two were stunned for a moment; they also knew that they were not professional orthopedic doctors after all, and it was good enough to see the general picture; some details were definitely not as detailed as what Deng Chaohong knew.

But such a thing couldn't possibly happen!

It was still Doctor Xiao Ji's surgery—fast where it should be fast, slow where it should be slow; while being as steady as an old dog, he was also cutting through the Gordian knot with a fast blade.

Two diametrically opposed approaches were blended together by Ji Xiang, strangely contradictory yet harmonious.

If a seasoned old doctor had made similar moves, everyone would understand.

How old is Ji Xiang? How could he be as steady as an old dog that has lost its teeth?

"However, that cannot be called a mistake; it's just being more cautious. Overall, Doctor Xiao Ji's surgery is indeed world-class; I'm not exaggerating, not even a little bit!" Deng Chaohong insisted.

"Understood, understood." Liu Zhuren took a deep look at Deng Chaohong, his mind calculating the thought of urging Ji Xiang to show him the paper later.

Writing a paper is like writing an eight-legged essay; there are all kinds of requirements. Doctor Xiao Ji performs surgery well, but he surely can't be good at writing papers.

He must bring out his greatest Spirit to help him revise it, Liu Zhuren secretly made up his mind.

Papers, provincial natural science projects—let's take it one step at a time.

However, just as Bai Chuzhang said, it seems very difficult for him to keep Ji Xiang in the Urology Department.

(End of chapter)