The occluder was sent into the patient's body through a special long sheath and released. It was a little like a parachute being forcefully opened in the heart.
The only difference was that the occluder was dumbbell-shaped. The middle part of the occluder was stuck at the defect of the left and right atrium. There were umbrellas on both sides, and they could be of different sizes. The small left atrium disc was only 16 or 18 millimeters, and the large one was 52 or 54 millimeters.
There would naturally be potential complications when such a large foreign body was placed in the heart, but for patients who already had serious symptoms, this was already a relatively easy solution.
If they did not use interventional surgery, they could only open the chest and suture it. In this way, there would be one less foreign body in the thoracic cavity, and they would not have to worry about rejection. However, the side effects of thoracotomy were much greater than those of interventional surgery.
On the other hand, the upper and lower limits of interventional surgery were relatively narrow. A good doctor would certainly bring higher benefits to the patient, but sometimes, the choice of doctor might not be as important as the choice of occluder. Most of the time, there might be a mutual relationship between the occluder and the patient. Some patients would be better off with occluder A, while others would be better off with occluder B.
This situation made interventional surgery in the Cardiology Department and surgery in the Cardiology Department become two different extremes.
The Cardiology Department tested the skills of the doctor, while the Cardiology Department showed the value of pharmaceutical sales companies.
From a doctor's perspective, Ling Ran still preferred the way the Cardiology Department operated. Although he successfully completed the imitation of the occluder, he did not feel much of a sense of achievement.
Ling Ran sighed softly. He fiddled with his fingers a few times, and the surgery was over.
It was too unsatisfying!
Similar to laparoscopic surgery, the complexity of interventional surgery was mainly reflected in two aspects. One, the surgery required a high degree of precision, and the other was the similarities and differences between the three-dimensional reality and the two-dimensional image on the screen. It was a little troublesome, especially for novices. They needed to practice the hand-eye coordination again to get used to it.
However, it was too easy for Ling Ran to perform this kind of surgery. Not only did he solve the problem with the Perfect Level Atrial Septal Defect Closure, but he also had enough skills to support his other related skills.
If the previous heart repair surgery had allowed Ling Ran to touch the heart, today's interventional surgery was too lacking in novelty.
Ling Ran shook his head slightly.
Doctor Lai looked at Ling Ran with vigilance.
In his eyes, Ling Ran's surgery was performed very smoothly.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the entire surgery ended. Even if the department director was the one who performed it, this was the best he could do. So, why did Ling Ran sigh? Why did he shake his head? Was he dissatisfied with the Cardiology Department? Was he dissatisfied with the surgery? Or was he dissatisfied with the doctors? Now that the surgery was over, did they still want to settle the score?
The more Doctor Lai thought about it, the more worried he became. Sweat actually appeared on his forehead.
"The patient is staying in the cardiology department?" Ling Ran deliberately asked.
The reason why he came to the Cardiology Department was that there were not enough hospital beds in the Emergency Medical Center. Of course, even if there were enough, Ling Ran was still willing to find more hospital beds.
Department Director Yuan naturally agreed and said, "Just leave the patient to us. We usually give him 10mg of heparin twice a day for three days."
"Sure." Ling Ran did not intend to modify the operating model of the Cardiology Department. Nursing was a completely different branch, and it also required the accumulation of experience. And Ling Ran had temporarily lost interest in the Cardiology Department.
Doctor Lai's gaze was still sharp.
The calmer Ling Ran appeared, the more suspicious he became.
After all, this was a surgery in the Cardiology Department. A locally-made occluder would cost twenty to thirty thousand RMB, and the imported one would cost another ten thousand RMB. Moreover, the entire surgery usually only needed around half an hour.
With such a surgery and such benefits, how many people would be willing to let go?
Doctor Lai lowered his head and counted in his heart. He waited for Ling Ran to speak.
* Shick. *
The operating theater door opened.
* Shick. *
The operating theater door closed.
Doctor Lai raised his head again and saw that Ling Ran and his team members had all left the operating theater.
"What's wrong?" Doctor Lai widened his eyes, and he had goosebumps all over his body.
"They're finally gone." Department Director Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and there was finally a smile on his face.
"I don't know what they want to do next." Doctor Lai's voice was a little gloomy.
Department Director Yuan smiled. "One day at a time is one day at a time. Don't think too much. If worse comes to worst, we'll just let them have the patients in the Emergency Department. "
"That won't do." Doctor Lai said anxiously, "You can't relax now. If you let them have the patients too easily, they'll definitely want a mile after we give them an inch."
Department Director Yuan could not help but hesitate when he heard what Doctor Lai said.
He had thought about giving up the patients in the Emergency Department a long time ago. Of course, if it was possible, he would not want to give up even a single patient. The interventional surgery in the Cardiology Department was done too quickly. Even if all the patients who fit the indications were accepted in the department, there would only be enough for two or three people to perform the surgery at full capacity. There were so many doctors in the department, and the rest of the doctors would have to get some help.
Needless to say, if he gave up the patients in the Emergency Department, the conflict in the Cardiology Department would become more complicated than before.
Doctors who were used to earning one hundred thousand RMB a month would not think that thirty or forty thousand RMB was a high income.
However, the skills that Ling Ran displayed today made Department Director Yuan unable to make up his mind.
No one's skills were dropped from the sky. For Ling Ran to be able to practice such skills, even if he did not deliberately set his mind on the Cardiology Department, he must have planned this a long time ago.
The other party had paid such a huge price, and it was not easy for the Cardiology Department to get out of this easily.
Doctor Lai said in a low voice, "Department director, I think we can still be a little more cautious. Let's not talk about other things, just the full set of equipment for the Cardiology Department will cost a lot. If the Emergency Department buys it to compete with us, even if they can earn some money, they will still have to think about it. If we take a firmer stance and give the leaders a nudge, we still have a chance …"
"You don't understand. The Emergency Medical Center is very independent now." Department Director Yuan sighed and said, "With Ling Ran's current development, the leaders of the hospital want nothing more than to keep him in their palms. The leaders of the hospital are only worried that Ling Ran is not happy now, and they're worried that the Emergency Medical Center has other ideas. If they're willing to spend money to develop new surgical methods and new projects, as long as it's rooted in Yun Hua, no one will object …"
Department Director Yuan looked at Doctor Lai deeply and said, "Look at Ling Ran's skills today. If they don't prepare to buy equipment, wouldn't he have wasted his days practicing?"
Doctor Lai could not help but be stunned. "So, he's definitely going to come in?"
"Yes, so it's better to cut him off as soon as possible. After all, if the Emergency Department doesn't transfer patients to other departments, we won't be able to do that. We'll just hand over the patients from the Emergency Department to them, and we'll focus on providing consultations. We'll see how things go." When Department Director Yuan said this, he also sighed deeply. "We're really too fat."
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