Surgery Godfather-Chapter 381 - 0360: Twisted Dough Stick Folding_2

Chapter 381: Chapter 0360: Twisted Dough Stick Folding_2

Despite such circumstances, he managed to attend university and even graduate? Yang Ping couldn’t help but admire this patient’s perseverance over these past ten or more years.

“Can you take care of yourself in daily life?” Although Director Han was aware that he couldn’t, he asked anyway.

“This is Lu Gang’s mother, here we have Professor Han and Doctor Yang from our department,” Professor Zhang introduced, inviting everyone to sit down and have a chat.

Lu Gang’s mother, in her fifties, had dark skin, but there was a streak of stubbornness between her brows, perfectly embodying the saying, ‘women are soft, but mothers are tough’.

She said, “He can walk. He can only eat with the bowl on the floor, I serve his meals, put the bowl on the ground, and he can eat by himself. He handles toileting himself, but he needs a special commode.”

“Little Gang, walk for the doctors, let them see!”

His mother lifted Lu Gang from the wheelchair, and he demonstrated walking, using his hands and feet to support his weight, crab-like. He went along not too badly, but because of his twisted deformity, his limbs were unbalanced, making his stride uneven and slower.

“I walk like a crab, which doesn’t look good. I can only eat my meals on the floor. We used to have cats and dogs, and they would often steal my food. So, we stopped keeping pets, and I have no difficulty eating. For toileting, we have a specially made commode and toilet at home, making things much easier. Going to the bathroom outside is difficult, but I seldom go out,” Lu Gang said with self-deprecating humor.

His face was close to his buttocks because his spine twisted as it folded. This allowed him to tilt his face slightly, optimally positioning him to eat, although eating must have been very challenging.

“That’s enough, rest a bit. Has it been like this since you were eight?” Director Han signaled him to stop.

“I started to hunch when I was eight years old. It wasn’t this extreme at first, but it transformed over just a few years, twisting me into a churro-like lump,” Lu Gang said.

These years had been tough on the young man. Yet, judging by his self-mocking tone, he seemed rather optimistic.

With tears in her eyes, Lu’s mother pulls out a handkerchief: “He earned provincial first place in the college entrance examinations and just recently graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China, even though he is like this.”

“I studied computer programming. Doctors, please help me. I still want to get married and have a child, and let my mother hold her grandchild,” Lu Gang confidently said.

This made everyone laugh. He was quite open and cheerful, showing no signs of hardship.

Lu’s mother was a single parent. When Lu Gang was six years old, his father passed away. His mother raised him alone, not remarrying and maintaining their living by selling buns from a tricycle, she even put him through university.

“Xiao Mo, bring up his x-rays,” Professor Zhang instructed Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo had already pulled up Lu Gang’s CT scans and the 3D reconstruction on the computer.

The entire person was more compact than a fetus in the womb, especially the spine which was completely folded, exceeding 180 degrees, spiraling within 3D space. His cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and sacrococcygeal vertebrae were all severely deformed. Even more terrifying was that his upper cervical spine was also deformed. Both hip joints and knee joints were stiff, with the hips being dislocated. A complete mess, only his upper limbs remained normal.

To straighten him up, return his body to a normal order, and remedy the structure so he could stand erect, was so difficult!

The risk of correcting the spine was particularly high; any error might result in death or paralysis.

If surgery is done, it would be very difficult to intubate him for anesthesia, posing an insurmountable obstacle.

“He’s been to all the hospitals he could across the country. None of them worked out. He came to me to try his luck. Can we operate?” Professor Zhang asked Director Han, pointing at the CT 3D reconstruction on the screen.

The suggestions from specialists at the other hospitals weren’t incorrect. Without surgery, he could continue to live like this. If the surgery failed, he might lose his life or become paralyzed.

“Doctors, even if the risks are high, I am willing to fight for it!” Lu Gang declared resolutely.

His mother earnestly pleaded, “I am in my fifties, I am not going to be around forever. Who will look after him after I’m gone? So, I want him to undergo surgery now, while he’s still young, to live like a normal person. If he can do that, I will have no worries left in this world.”

Listening to his mother speak, Lu Gang remained silent.

Yes, his mother had a tough life. She worried that he wouldn’t be able to survive on his own after she was gone. If his mother hadn’t cared for him so meticulously, he might not have made it this far.

“This surgery would be the first of its kind in the world. Correcting the thoracolumbar spine might leave him paralyzed, and correcting the cervical spine could be life-threatening. Look, the most dangerous part is the deformation of the upper cervical spine. This is where the control centers for respiration and circulation are located. If something goes wrong, you might be left on the operating table.”

Director Han solemnly stated that after a brief conversation, he had confirmed the young man’s determination and there was no need for ambiguity.

“As long as there’s a glimmer of hope, I wish to fight for it, I don’t want to live like a normal person, I’m not afraid to risk my life.”

Risking life, just for the hope of being able to hold up his head, to stand upright, the request is simply that.

“Have you thought it through?”

“We’ve considered it for several years.”

“Xiao Yang, what do you think?” Director Han asked Yang Ping for his opinion.

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This surgery is difficult, but not impossible. At most, he would perform hundreds of similar surgeries in the system space to strengthen training. If that’s not enough, no matter how risky, he still has the surgical simulation to rely on.

“Admit him to the hospital!”

Admit him to the hospital! A simple sentence, but in Director Han’s heart, it was the most audacious thing he had ever heard a doctor say.

However, Director Han did not ask him if he could do it, only about his availability. Yang Ping’s words meant he could handle it, and was ready to admit the patient to the hospital.

Ever since Director Han brought Yang Ping on stage for a spinal scoliosis correction, Yang Ping hadn’t yet performed such a surgery independently. However, they already had a patient with spinal scoliosis in their department, and Director Han planned to let Yang Ping handle it.

How could a doctor who has never performed, or just learnt spinal scoliosis correction surgery take on such a major surgery? That’s too exaggerated.

But hasn’t Yang Ping done numerous exaggerated things?

The surgery he performed at the academic conference, wasn’t it rare in the world, yet he mysteriously managed to pull it off?

A miracle, this is a person continuously creating miracles, an individual who has already defied normal logic.

All the boasts he made, he realized them.

“Okay!” Director Han approved.

Seeing the two have agreed, Professor Zhang naturally supports it.

“First, let Dr. Che give him some breathing, muscle strength, and traction training to prepare for the surgery. I will complete the preoperative examination, as the surgery will affect the spinal cord, cardiopulmonary function, etc. The tolerance to correction is an unknown variable that needs careful assessment. This will be a tough long-haul battle. The surgery can only be done in stages, and it won’t be completed in less than half a year.”

“If possible, let’s use this case for the Golden Knife Award. It’s apt as he needs correction for the cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, and lumbar vertebrae, and also needs to undergo pelvic rotation osteotomy correction. It’s also likely he would need bilateral hip and knee joint replacement—” Yang Ping said.

Doing this surgery as a case for the Golden Knife Award, isn’t this picking the hardest one? Who does that? While meeting the requirements, others always choose classic cases.

Yang Ping is intently looking at the CT three-dimensional reconstruction on the screen.

Director Han and Professor Zhang look at each other, this kid hasn’t done any such surgeries, and there are no global precedents for this.

However, he has always realized the boasts he made.

“I’ll admit him.”

Originally, Old Zhang’s intention was to consult Director Han so they could perform the surgery together. He called Yang Ping to come over and watch this rare case together.

This kid seems to intend to be the chief surgeon himself, and also plans to enter it for the Golden Knife Award.

This left Old Zhang no choice but to be amazed.