Surgery Godfather-Chapter 394 - 0371 Counterfeit Surgery
Chapter 394: 0371 Counterfeit Surgery
Chapter 394: 0371 Counterfeit Surgery
Lin Hao successfully completed the endoscopic foraminotomy surgery, ending this season’s operation with a perfect score.
The outcome was no longer in doubt, Lin Hao sat in front of the electronic screen as the regular meetings of Nandu Affiliated Hospital One began.
He had good reason to remain calm, Lin Hao was set to advance to the second round.
Previously, the national competition was also a point-based competition, but the elimination round was introduced later in order to increase the difficulty and encourage young doctors to pursue comprehensive skills.
If it were a point-based competition, even if the Chief Surgeon had a weakness in a certain type of surgery, they could offset this by scoring high in other areas, resulting in high total scores and potentially winning the competition.
However, in an elimination round, there are no strengths or weaknesses. Even if you are extremely proficient in scoliosis correction surgery, if your arthroscopic surgery skills are lacking, you may be eliminated by a better arthroscopic surgeon, squandering any chance of performing later surgeries.
Therefore, you must excel in every area to potentially win the final competition.
The type of operation to be performed in each season is determined by a computerized draw. The order for this season’s competition, which placed arthroscopic surgery in the first round, was randomly assigned by a computer.
This meeting lacked the solemnity of previous ones, everyone was lax, occasionally playing with their phones, and coming and going. If it weren’t for the department’s rule requiring everyone to observe others’ surgeries, to learn from their strengths and make improvements on their weaknesses, the meeting would have certainly adjourned early.
Only Su Nanchen was taking the meeting seriously, sitting next to Lin Hao.
Many people came over to congratulate Lin Hao in advance, and he responded politely each time, maintaining a humble and cautious demeanor.
He felt like a top-scored exam taker who had applied to Tsinghua University, waiting calmly and peacefully for the Tsinghua admission letter, indeed a wonderful and novel feeling.
“Actually, I didn’t want to compete this fiercely, but the scores have always been too close to call, and since it was a competition, I had to give it my all.” Lin Hao saw that Su Nanchen, sitting next to him, had no smile on his face.
Su Nanchen appeared a bit upset, “Was your surgery taught by Robert?”
Lin Hao had expected him to congratulate him, but his tone indicated that he was clearly unhappy. Unexpectedly, Su Nanchen had moments of pettiness and jealousy.
“Doctor Robert taught me personally. It’s his original procedure. If I’m not mistaken, I’m the first Asian to learn his approach and also the first one to introduce it in Asia.”
Lin Hao didn’t care about Su Nanchen’s mood. From the very beginning, he kept this technique secret, even from Su Nanchen. However, by the time of revelation, he anticipated Su Nanchen would be upset.
No matter how he looked at it, Su Nanchen believed that it was Yang Ping’s surgery method. Lin Hao’s operation was a simplified, pirated, and crudely copied version.
Having learned this method from Yang Ping for over half a year, Su Nanchen was very familiar with it and was very averse to Lin Hao’s seemingly low-key but high-profile approach.
Yang Ping must have seen Lin Hao’s video by now. There was certainly something going on that Su Nanchen didn’t understand for now.
Before clearing up the issue, Su Nanchen could not spread the word, so as not to bring any negative impact to Lin Hao and the hospital. Su Nanchen maintained a cautious attitude toward this matter.
He only sent a WeChat message to remind Yang Ping that Lin Hao’s surgery may have plagiarized his, asking him to verify it.
It turned out that even good friends can be jealous. Lin Hao was a little disappointed. Su Nanchen should be happy for him, but now he was silent.
“The operation has started, Sanbo’s operation has started!” Someone shouted.
In a matchup with no suspense, the crowd naturally lost interest. Much like a basketball game where the score gap is too wide, even if a beautiful three-pointer is scored in the last few seconds, it would do no good.
Everyone sat in the room, bored and unable to play with their phones. Gradually, one by one they started watching the surgical video on the big screen.
Song Zimo took the stage, performing multi-ligament reconstruction of the knee, merely a routine surgery for him.
If anyone was to rank this surgery excluding Yang Ping himself, it would go as follows, without any doubt: Song Zimo, Su Nanchen, Takahashi, Gao Yuan, Robert — and the rest of the ranks wouldn’t really matter much.
Evey batch of Song Zimo’s surgeries were personally guided by Yang Ping, and he was taught the original version of the surgery. As many people could not master the original version in a short period, Yang Ping simplified the operation, creating an abridged version.
Su Nanchen often worked with Yang Ping at Li Quan Hospital, so he came into contact with this surgery method very early on, naturally mastering the technique very well.
Takahashi has a very good foundation as a top professor in Trauma Surgery, and has gained a lot of insights by following Yang Ping for several months.
Although Gao Yuan is not as proficient as Takahashi and Robert, he learned a great deal from observing countless surgeries and learned face to face, therefore he is already ahead of Robert in mastering this type of surgery.
Being a top sports medicine expert in the world himself, Robert can also grasp the basics after lightly studying with Yang Ping.
As for the others, they are not quite proficient with this type of surgery. They can only rely on their surgical experience to get by, much like a car racing against an airplane; even if the engine catches fire, there would be nothing they can do about it.
“Lin Hao, look at this one, even the assistant is using the new technique.” Su Nanchen nudged Lin Hao with his shoulder, drawing the attention of the mobile-phone engrossed Lin Hao.
Several lines of text appeared on the screen: “This surgery was completed using a new technique. The origin of the new technique: First created by Dr. Yang Ping, currently a large number of cases have been accumulated. A paper has been submitted to AJSM, approved and is in the process of being published.”
They’re using the new technique too? Lin Hao had a start. It was indeed unexpected.
The comments section was bursting with activity like a machine near its breaking point, relentlessly spewing out comments as if it had gone beyond the host’s limit and was about to crash any minute.
“What’s going on, Sanbo is also using the new technique? New technique versus new technique? The peak duel of arthroscopy?”
“Sanbo is also going for additional points, now this is interesting.”
“My goodness, they’re really going at it?”
“It’s a head-on collision!”
“Is this a last ditch attempt to follow the hype?”
On the explanation video alongside these lines, new knowledge about ligament complex appeared, such as the balance principle of the ligament complex, the internal relationship between biomechanical principles and anatomical data, anatomy and physiology of ligaments. The theory is easy to understand, devolving gradually, discussing the theoretical foundation of the new surgical method, its practical application, and the key points to note.
Lin Hao was taken aback once again. It seemed very similar to his own surgery, but–
Song Zimo’s surgery was very quick. Punctures, tool placement, arthroscopic examination, anterior and posterior cross ligament reconstruction, the locator found the anatomical center of the ligament footprint in one go, followed by the lead needle puncture and drilling of the tunnel.
Step by step, the reconstruction of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament was completed quickly. The laxity was checked under the arthroscope; it was collision-free.
So skillful, it didn’t look like a last-minute, slapdash job; the work was even smoother than his own.
The national audience also noticed that this surgery had the same origin as Lin Hao’s, but was more skilled, more advanced.
Interesting, these novel procedures of the same origin, one claimed to be pioneered by Robert of the New York Special Surgical Hospital, the other claimed to be pioneered by Yang Ping of Sanbo Hospital, both parties held their ground, who could we believe?
In conflicting statements, one side must be lying, or both were lying.
This level of skill was too incredible to believe. Unless one had performed over a hundred surgeries, such proficiency was impossible.
Especially the rebuilding of the posterior lateral structures. Since there are many ligaments, the surgery required utmost precision. Lin Hao had to repeatedly search to confirm the ligament origins and endpoints.
Now, Song Zimo was getting it right in one shot, finishing the task within a few moves.
It was also a 4-in-1 reconstruction, Song Zimo completed the surgery in two hours.
After the surgery, KT2000 measurement of knee joint stability, the data greatly surpassed Lin Hao’s surgery.
Lin Hao felt on pins and needles. He couldn’t possibly miss that Song Zimo’s surgery far surpassed his own. Not only was the surgical method more advanced, the surgical maneuvers were also more proficient.
Could it be that Doctor Robert also taught them, in greater depth?
The online comments poured in, initiating a war between the two camps. One side thought that Sanbo Hospital plagiarized Lin Hao, shamelessly. The sequential order was clear; it was blatant that the latter plagiarized the former.
After all, how could Yang Ping of Sanbo Hospital compare to Professor Robert? It was clear who the creator was, no authentication needed.
The other side argued that the latter’s surgery was obviously more advanced and proficient. In comparison, Lin Hao’s surgery held more signs of imitation.
Online comments continuously fermented. The Discipline Committee of the Organizing Committee immediately stepped in, intending to investigate the issue of surgical originality.
With the online disputes spiraling, Nandu Affiliated Hospital One’s meeting room was filled with buzzing discussions.
Lin Hao remained calm, the creator was clear. It was definitely Robert.
Yang Ping could’ve borrowed the idea, but he was overcome with greed, claiming it was his original creation. Such act of forgery should result in disqualification and public criticism.
Lin Hao was puzzled on why Yang Ping acted this way. Since he reported the new technique first, Yang Ping could use the idea truthfully and earn additional points. So why did he claim the new technique as his own?
While he was pondering, his phone rang. An overseas call from Professor Robert.
Almost roaring, the American English poured out. A relentless verbal hammering on Lin Hao, barely leaving out American slang.
Even though his cell phone couldn’t leak sound, Lin Hao still left the conference room with a red face, pretending that the signal was poor, while actually searching for a restroom in haste.
Seeking refuge in a restroom stall, Lin Hao slumped, feeling like collapsing, after he hung up the phone.
He clearly heard that this surgery was originally created by Yang Ping from Sanbo. The paper was submitted to AJSM. As the editor-in-chief for review, Robert had the privilege to interact with the paper’s content first. After obtaining Yang Ping’s permission, he applied the methods in the paper into his surgeries, and the outcome was outstanding.
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Therefore, when Lin Hao consulted him about the latest advancements in multi-ligament reconstruction of the knee joint, Robert recommended this new surgical technique.
Robert repeatedly warned him to not widely publicize the information out of respect for the author’s originality, since the paper was not published yet.
Yet he, he had blatantly boasted about the surgery’s originality being Robert’s at the National Technology Exchange Conference. Wasn’t this equivalent to publicly exposing Robert’s plagiarism of academic achievements?
“To restore Doctor Yang’s reputation, and my reputation, you must personally issue an apology live on the website and reveal the truth. I am currently in contact with the organizers, hoping to personally apologize too and ask for forgiveness.”
How could this be?
The surgery pioneered by Yang Ping, not Robert’s.
Lin Hao was still in disbelief. He felt dazed, semi-conscious, with a buzzing sound in his ears.
Apologize, yes, apologize, clarify, yes, clarify, if not, he would bear the stigma for life, and this would also harm the hospital.
Lin Hao felt lost. His desire to win had just landed him in a big mess.
But how was it possible? How could the pioneer not be Robert, but Yang Ping instead? It was too unbelievable.
Upon leaving the restroom, Lin Hao wished he could crawl into a crack in the ground. Right now, he felt that everyone was whispering about him.
Putting on a brave face, he walked into the conference room and forced himself to sit down.
Su Nanchen saw that his face was off: “The inspection team of the disciplinary committee will gather in Nandu City tomorrow to investigate the truth behind the original creator of the surgery.”
“Oh—” Lin Hao turned pale.
He had no ideas now; maybe Su Nanchen could help.
“Let’s find a place to talk. Perhaps you have something to tell me.” Su Nanchen had guessed that Lin Hao’s sudden emotional fluctuation was related to this matter.
“Uh-huh,” Lin Hao answered, stupefied.
Previously, Lin Hao felt like he owned the whole world, but now, he lost it in the blink of an eye.
From up in the clouds to a free fall, crashing into the ground without any cushion.
His head buzzed with countless thoughts, he had no idea how he should handle the upcoming situation.
