Chapter 389: Coming for the Reputation

Ji Xiang arrived at the hospital early in the morning.

He was mentally calculating the surgeries to be completed today; Ji Xiang had long since adapted to this tense, busy, and fulfilling life, and he enjoyed it, not feeling it was particularly arduous.

After exiting the elevator, he saw a group of people standing at the entrance of the ward, and Deng Chaohong was talking to someone with a strange expression.

Ji Xiang looked carefully; the person in the lead was the familiar Coach, and following behind him was that "Nezha".

"Professor Deng, thank you, thank you!" The Coach held a silk banner with both hands and handed it to Deng Chaohong.

"Are they really fully recovered?" Deng Chaohong took the silk banner, but his mind was on another matter.

"Cailing has already started normal training, and the bench press for upper limb strength has returned to its previous level; there is absolutely no problem!" the Coach said excitedly.

His hands began to tremble with excitement, and the silk banner looked as if it were being blown by the wind.

"Professor Deng, how are you with Anterior Cruciate Ligament repair surgeries? I have a young kid under my wing who has already been signed by the Borussia Dortmund Youth Team, but his ligament was damaged a few days ago. Could you please..."

Deng Chaohong also found it hard to believe.

He... what Ji Xiang performed was a secondary surgery for Subacromial Osteolysis caused by Suture Knot Impingement following a Rotator Cuff Injury.

To be able to complete it successfully and have the athletic function recover to 80% of its former state would be quite good; one could say with satisfaction that the surgery was a success.

Yet the Coach said the patient's athletic function had recovered to 100%. Deng Chaohong found it hard to believe this was true. Having worked in the Orthopedics Department for many years, Deng Chaohong had never seen a patient with a 100% recovery.

And what was the other person talking about?

Anterior Cruciate Ligament damage in the knee joint; didn't he know that once the knee's Anterior Cruciate Ligament is damaged, the person is essentially finished?

Athletic ability is severely impaired; it would be good enough to recover to the function of a normal person, so what else could one hope for?

Not just domestically, but in the sports world, the athletic ability of athletes after Anterior Cruciate Ligament repair surgery drops significantly, almost without exception.

"Professor Deng, you must take this on. That child is a shepherd from the Northwest. If the surgery fails... no, even if the surgery is successful, if his athletic ability doesn't recover to its original level, his life will be over."

Feng Jiaolian held Deng Chaohong's hand, his eyes full of expectation, looking quite emotional.

Li Cailing's situation had given him a glimmer of hope, and he fantasized that the gifted little kid under his wing—who ran faster than a rabbit and didn't sweat after 10,000 meters—could truly make it.

Deng Chaohong really didn't know how to evaluate their request.

According to his own experience, this was absolutely impossible.

"Recovery is very difficult."

"I know, Professor Deng!" Feng Jiaolian rubbed his face against his arm. "You just need to perform it. I will send the child over immediately. I beg you, I beg you."

Deng Chaohong felt helpless. Seeing Ji Xiang out of the corner of his eye, he let go of Feng Jiaolian's hand.

But Feng Jiaolian gripped Deng Chaohong's hand tightly, with no intention of letting go at all.

"Let go first. My student is here; I need to go give some instructions about today's matters," Deng Chaohong said.

Feng Jiaolian sheepishly let go of Deng Chaohong's hand, his eyes full of expectation and anxiety.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, come with me," Deng Chaohong said.

Bringing Ji Xiang into the Doctor's Duty Room, Deng Chaohong asked sternly, "Is the post-operative recovery of that patient true?"

"The surgery was very successful; post-operatively, it should be able to recover to its original level," Ji Xiang smiled.

"..." Deng Chaohong stared closely at Ji Xiang, not missing a single trace of change in the expression on his face.

"Teacher Deng, you saw the surgery too. Recovering to the original state is a high-probability event."

"Whew." Deng Chaohong let out a deep breath; the scene of the surgery filled his mind.

That senior fellow student of his had failed miserably, so he shouldn't have anything to doubt.

However, this was not scientific.

He had treated many patients with Rotator Cuff Injury; one would have to be extremely lucky to recover 80% of their athletic ability. And once an athlete suffers this kind of trauma, they basically say goodbye to their professional career and prepare to retire.

Besides, this time it was a secondary surgery, a secondary surgery!

When he took on the secondary surgery, his goal was just to minimize the patient's suffering; he had never thought the patient could return to the field.

Countless thoughts swirled in Deng Chaohong's mind, and he then asked in a deep voice, "What kind of result can you achieve with the Anterior Cruciate Ligament repair surgery?"

"Basic recovery?" Ji Xiang hesitated for a moment.

"..." Deng Chaohong stared blankly at Ji Xiang.

"More or less, it depends on the specific situation."

Deng Chaohong let out another breath and turned to walk out the door.

"Teacher Deng, where are you going?"

"To admit a patient," Deng Chaohong said. "Admit that patient with the damaged Anterior Cruciate Ligament, and perform the surgery well."

His last sentence was said for Ji Xiang to hear; Deng Chaohong also felt awkward inside.

But facts are facts; they cannot be faked.

Deng Chaohong returned to the entrance of the ward, first explaining the situation to Feng Jiaolian, setting aside a bed for today, and having them come for hospitalization in the afternoon.

He then accepted the silk banner.

Director Sui came to work, saw someone presenting a silk banner, but didn't pay any attention to it, brushing past them.

It was perfectly normal for a patient to recover and be discharged, and for them to present a silk banner; what was there to pay attention to?

It was just that the patient looked somewhat familiar; after all, the appearance of Nezha was too deeply ingrained in people's minds, and Director Sui remembered it even after only glancing at it a few times.

A weightlifter coming for a secondary surgery—that was Director Sui's understanding of the patient.

He didn't care, thought about it once, and then completely forgot it. There were still several Joint replacement surgeries today; those were what he should be paying attention to.

Arriving at the office, Director Sui first brewed a pot of tea and then prepared to go to the shift handover.

Just as he was about to go out for the handover, his phone rang.

"Sui Yunlei, you bastard, are you poaching my talent!"

A voice roared.

Director Sui frowned and held the phone away, keeping it far from his ear.

The head of the Orthopedics Department at the First Affiliated Hospital... Director Shi Shuo, Director Shi.

Generally speaking, the First Affiliated Hospital and the Second Affiliated Hospital are in a competitive relationship; everyone smiles on the surface and gets along well enough. Privately, however, they secretly vie with each other and compete.

But Sui Yunlei and Shi Shuo have a different relationship.

Orthopedics is a lucrative department; the more lucrative a department is, the more competition there is, and all sorts of spy-like dramas emerge one after another.

The old director of the Orthopedics Department at the First Affiliated Hospital was finished because of a surgical error that an Attending Professor under him blew out of proportion, making it impossible to remedy.

The old director was ruthless too; before leaving, he installed a camera in the director's office, and two months later, he used the evidence to report the new director, whose seat hadn't even warmed up yet.

The two fought each other, and in the end, neither benefited; instead, it worked out in Shi Shuo's favor.

Director Shi Shuo learned from the experience; not only did he treat the doctors under him much better, he was even respectful toward his senior fellow at the Second Affiliated Hospital, and he and Sui Zhuren have already reached a strategic alliance.

Each earns money based on their own ability, and they must never undermine each other.

But what is going on today?

(End of this chapter)