Tendon suturing was a delicate job. One could play with a pig's hind flexor tendon for a long time.
Ling Ran was not in a hurry. He operated slowly, not only to practice, but also to give the other two a chance to understand the M-Tang technique.
Although the Master Level M-Tang technique was very powerful, it was still quite a distance away from Perfect Level. The main difference was the success rate and the recovery of hand function after the surgery.
Of course, there was not much of a difference between Master Level and Perfect Level in a typical flexor tendon injury. If they followed a fixed procedure, the failure rate would be very low. Besides, even if they failed, it would be relative. At most, the recovery rate would be less than ideal, and it would be around twenty to thirty percent lower than the estimated value. The recovery rate was even higher than most of the successful cases.
However, Ling Ran could not hope that all the cases he encountered were typical cases.
Most of the failure cases happened in atypical cases.
Atypical cases were also the greatest challenge for doctors. The development of clinical medicine could be seen as the process of gradually classifying atypical people, atypical anatomical structures, atypical physical conditions, and atypical injuries into typical cases.
Take appendicitis, which was considered the simplest laparotomy by modern people, as an example. In the past hundreds and thousands of years, there were more recorded deaths than there were recorded poets. Modern medicine conquered appendicitis step by step through the summary of experience. For example, Colins collected data on fifty thousand appendices by 1995 and summarized the position of the appendix. He confirmed that the appendix was on the right lower abdomen, and the appendix was on the right upper abdomen. He told surgeons to first look for the right lower abdomen, and if they could not find it, look for the right upper abdomen, and then go to the left lower abdomen.
Nowadays, surgeons already knew that there were eight types of ectopic appendices, six types of developmental abnormalities, four types of malformations, and four types of ectopic tissues. Hence, all atypical cases in the past were classified as typical cases.
The method of cutting the appendix had also gradually improved from the arm-length incision to finger-length incision, and then to the laparoscopic incision with three incisions …
The M-Tang technique was the same.
Since its emergence in the nineties, it targeted typical flexor tendon injuries, and then slowly expanded.
Ling Ran estimated that if he had the Perfect Level M-Tang technique, he should be able to target most Zone II flexor tendon injuries. The range of Master Level was not much different, but for some marginal atypical cases, the success rate and excellent rate would be lower.
However, doctors could not guarantee what kind of patients they would encounter.
Since Department Director Huo wanted to steal the Hand Surgery Department's business, then he would definitely send a large number of patients with flexor tendon injuries to the Hand Surgery Department over the next period of time. Once the number of patients piled up, atypical cases would definitely appear, and the only thing that mattered was how atypical those cases were.
Ling Ran did not expect the system to give him a Perfect Level M-Tang Technique.
So far, he had only obtained a Level 1 Skill Book from an Intermediate Treasure Chest and obtained a Perfect Skill. The range of choices was still basic skills.
The Master Level M-Tang Technique was obtained from a Single Skill Book, and it was a type of surgical method. Ling Ran had no guarantee whether there would be a similar skill book that would allow him to obtain the Perfect Level M-Tang Technique or other tendon suturing techniques.
In fact, even if the system gave him a new skill book, he would most likely expand his skill library instead of elevating his Master Level M-Tang technique to Perfect Level, which was already at Master Level.
The price-performance ratio of doing that was too low. As long as there was no problem with his intelligence, he would not make such a choice, and there was indeed no problem with his intelligence. Ling Ran had tested it himself.
As long as he analyzed it carefully, he would get the answer. The best direction for Ling Ran to move forward now was actually to improve his skills.
He was already the best doctor in Yun Hua when it came to the M-Tang technique. As long as he performed one surgery after another, the improvement would be obvious.
The meaning of a book would show itself after it was read a hundred times, and it was the same when it came to surgeries.
If the same surgical method was performed a hundred times, even the weakest contestant would be able to reach above average standards.
If a doctor could perform the same surgical method thousands of times, he or she would definitely be the best in the field.
Ling Ran sutured the flexor tendon of the pig trotter that he cut in an orderly manner.
Occasionally, he would say, "After the tendon is transversely penetrated, insert the needle on the opposite side, and it will go back to the tendon lengthwise …
"Tie a knot at the proximal end.
"Lock the knot of the first loop in the center of the palm with the second loop, and then go through the tendon lengthwise.
"You can tie a knot at the distal end. The center of the palm is better. "
Ling Ran wore a pair of surgical magnifying glasses and looked at the center of his field of vision without turning his head.
However, Lu Wenbin knew that he was talking to himself.
Unknowingly, Lu Wenbin's left and right hands also began to move silently.
He was still a long way from learning the M-Tang technique. Even if Ling Ran explained it to him, he still did not know what Ling Ran was doing and why he was doing it.
However, surgical methods were learned step by step.
The process of suturing was not some martial arts secret manual. Those who wanted to see it could easily find the information.
However, those who had the opportunity to watch it live, even if they were to act as assistants, were extremely few. This was the fastest way to learn, and it was also the way to learn the real thing.
Lu Wenbin suddenly felt a little excited. If he could really learn the M-Tang technique, what kind of scene would it be?
Since the Emergency Department wanted to steal the Hand Surgery Department's business, it was impossible for them to rely on Ling Ran alone. Ling Ran was the first person to fire the first shot, and he stood at the forefront. After him, Huo Congjun would definitely think of a way to add new manpower.
At that time, it was possible to poach people from other hospitals, transfer people from the Hand Surgery Department, or train people within the Emergency Department.
For resident doctors like Lu Wenbin, there were countless opportunities no matter which mode he chose.
Most importantly, Lu Wenbin realized that Ling Ran was willing to teach him.
Although he was not like some doctors who taught by example, it was still very good, especially since his skills were excellent. It easily raised Lu Wenbin's expectations.
In comparison, the awkwardness of being an assistant to an intern did not seem to be as strong.
As a junior doctor, it was the foundation for him to be thick-skinned and learn things.
"Doctor Ling." Wang Jia answered a phone call and said, "Department Director Huo is ready to come back. It's estimated that he'll be back in four hours."
"Oh, then it's time to get off work." Ling Ran thought for a moment and said, "I have to think about dinner."
Lu Wenbin raised his head for the umpteenth time to look at the pork trotter in the air and blurted out, "I know how to cook pork trotters."
Ling Ran and Wang Jia looked at Lu Wenbin together.
"When I was a houseman, I always brought food, and occasionally bought pork trotters to cook …" Lu Wenbin said, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Remember to remove the stitches when you cook." Ling Ran smiled faintly, making the department grass feel like he was bathed in a spring breeze, and his actions became more active.
Wang Jia helped to remove the pork trotters. As she did so, she said with some uncertainty, "If the patients and their family members come and see us each holding a pork trotter and eating it, will they turn around and run?"
Ling Ran said languidly behind her, "The patients are injured and can't run fast. We can catch them."
The sunlight from the west was strong and anxious.
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