Chapter 85: Chapter 0083 Visit to the Operating Room
Director Tan and his disciples have been here several tis and have toured the operating room, but they were just fleeting visits. This ti, they need to look closer.
The three n stood near the operating room they had just visited.
Director Tian enthusiastically introduced the condition of the operating room: “Our Orthopedics Departnt currently has eight operating rooms. There are three in the Trauma Orthopedics, two in the Spine and Joints each and one in Sports dicine. Out of the eight operating rooms, four are primary operating rooms, each ward has one. Our trauma orthopedics’ main operating room is this one, which includes a teaching room and a storage room. The general operating rooms only have storage rooms.”
“Hmmm, Sanbo Hospital has first-rate hardware!” Tan Boyun exclaid, but quickly added, “I an, the technical hardware is top-notch!”
Tian Yuan pointed to the other two operating rooms, continuing, “These two operating rooms are also for our Trauma Orthopedics, they are general operating rooms.”
The setup was similar to Fuer Hospital’s, but Sanbo’s main operating room also had a teaching room.
“How many C-arm machines do you have?” Tan Boyun was particularly interested in this.
Last ti, Director Han gave a general introduction, but this ti he needed a more precise understanding in order to carry out future work efficiently.
In so hospitals where surgeries are frequent but have fewer C-arm machines, embarrassing situations often arise where staff fight over the machines.
“We have three C-arm machines, two are new and one is old. We have one over here, there is one in the Spine and Joints, which is G-shaped, and one old one for the Joints and Sports dicine since they use it less often,” Tian Yuan gave a detailed introduction.
“What about the microscopes?” Dr. Zhong asked.
Tian Yuan replied, “We have three microscopes from Carl Zeiss. Co over and take a look.”
Tian Yuan led them through the main operating room to the storage room, where the patient from the prior surgery was already waking up from anesthesia, prepping to move to their bed.
Dr. Zhong was passing by Yang Ping’s side, so he bowed slightly in greeting, albeit rather awkwardly, “We’re getting familiar with the operating room equipnt.”
Director Tan also waved in greeting, “Hard work pays off!”
Tian Yuan introduced, “This is Dr. Yang! I’m showing Director Tian and Dr. Zhong the microscope.”
Yang Ping imdiately got up to shake their hands, “No worries, it’s not tough. Take your ti to familiarize yourselves.”
After the greetings, Tian Yuan took them to the storage room where a microscope was placed.
“This microscope was purchased not too long ago. It has completed a replantation of a one-month-old infant’s five fingers, an adult’s upper limb’s five-section replantation, and has so far completed nearly 200 finger replantations. The microscope next door bought when our hospital was established has completed our hospital’s first case of free toe-to-thumb reconstruction, fingertip construction, and five-digit three-section replantation using a single hand on a child,” Tian Yuan narrated enthusiastically. Each piece of equipnt held its own story.
“Who usually does the microsurgery?” Dr. Zhong asked, adjusting the eyepiece. The microscope was similar to their hospital’s, but surprisingly, it had perford a baby’s finger replantation.
“Normally, I do it, along with Xiao Yang and Xiao Song, they do it more often. They’re young; without surgeries to keep them busy, they can’t grow. In cases we can’t handle, that’s when Director Han steps in,” Tian Yuan explained.
“This ultrasound bone knife is great!” Tan Boyun, with his sharp eye, saw an ultrasound bone knife inside.
This device is very useful. When cutting bones, it won’t harm the surrounding nerves and blood vessels. Its cutting has selectivity, only cutting the hard and leaving the soft untouched.
“The ultrasound bone knife is used more by the Spine and Joints team. We rarely use it. All this equipnt is shared by the large Orthopedics team. Last ti, when Director Han was reforming a malunion of an old pelvic fracture, the ultrasound bone knife was pulled over here, it was temporarily placed here and has not been moved yet,” Tian Yuan uncovered the dust cover protecting the ultrasound bone knife.
“Your equipnt is very sophisticated.” Tan Boyun felt reassured seeing that everything that should be present was there.
“It’s OUR equipnt that’s sophisticated!” Tian Yuan corrected with a laugh.
“Right, right, OUR equipnt is sophisticated.” Tan Boyun imdiately corrected himself, with a chuckling laugh.
“The approval procedures for our equipnt have been vastly simplified. In Fuer, the large-scale equipnt is entirely financed by the governnt. Over here in Sanbo, there’s support from an Overseas Chinese Foundation. The Foundation not only supports the purchase of equipnt but is also responsible for supporting doctors’ overseas research and scientific research funds. The laboratory our Orthopedics Institute is currently applying for grants from the Foundation.”
Although they all belong to hospitals directly under the provincial Health Departnt, none of the affiliated hospitals of Nandu dical University can be compared with Sanbo, irrespective of their strength, lineage or history.
Even though Han Jiangong was originally from Magic City Sixth Hospital and was a representative figure of the young faction in the orthopedics field at that ti, the reputation of an individual cannot take the place of a hospital’s brand. The brand value of a hospital requires ti to build up.
Fuer Hospital’s comprehensive strength is dominant in the province. The third branch is a specialist cancer hospital nationally renowned, and the fourth is a specialist orthopedic hospital. Although it’s a specialist orthopedics hospital, its reputation cannot be compared with the orthopedics departnt of the first and second branches. The potential for future developnt is promising.
The other hospitals can only be the second choice. The Provincial People’s Hospital and the City People’s Hospital belong to the second tier. The Provincial People’s Hospital is stronger than the City People’s Hospital. All of the hospitals have a high patient inflow and perform nurous surgeries. There isn’t a significant difference in size when compared with the first and second branches, the only difference is in academic status, which can’t be compared with the Nandu system at all.
The Nandu Traditional Chinese dicine College Affiliated Hospitals, the Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital, and the Municipal Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital form their own system, also belonging to the second tier.
The Nandu system, the People’s system, and the Traditional Chinese dicine system, these three forces coexist peacefully with a balanced pattern, each with its traditional stronghold.
Sanbo Hospital doesn’t belong to any faction and is located in a remote area. When the hospital was established, people were hired from the Nandu and the People’s system. Not many were willing to co; most of them were poached from other places.
So, Sanbo has always been inconspicuous and unnoticed by these hospitals. However, in the past few years, these hospitals were startled to find that Sanbo had unexpectedly begun to develop.
When Doctor Tan and Doctor Zhong shifted to Sanbo Hospital, the dical setup made them feel superior, as technology enthusiasts often have a wild and unruly spirit.
After inspecting the main operating theater, they moved on to the others.
“Director Tan, over here, co see this,” Tian Yuan guided, leading them to the end of a hallway, to a closed door.
Director Tian entered a code, the door opened automatically, revealing a complete contrast to the operating rooms they’d just visited, they had seen the operation room before, but not this place.
“These are newly constructed multi-functional operating rooms, already inspected and ready for operation, take a look!”
Through the small observation window in the door, this one looks several tis larger than a regular operating room, filled with screens of various sizes, robotic arms, and other equipnt.
“A surgical robot? Da Vinci!” Doctor Zhong exclaid in surprise.
Director Tan was also interested. The automatic door opened, and they all walked in. This large operating room was accompanied by several auxiliary rooms: an operation room, storage room, and teaching room.
“Is it the Da Vinci surgical robot?” Director Tan confird.
“Our hospital also bought a Da Vinci, but it’s only used by the thoracic, general, and urological surgery departnts. We in orthopedics can’t use it,” Director Tan regretfully added.
The Da Vinci surgical robot currently cannot perform orthopedic surgery. This robot is quite expensive, with a unit price ranging from tens of millions, and a startup fee of twenty thousand each ti a surgery is perford.
“This one was directly donated by the Overseas Chinese Foundation. We actually prefer local products if we were to purchase ourselves,” Tian Yuan explained.
Robotic surgery is a new technology in surgical fields in recent years, leading the trend in high-end technology. Currently, it is heavily utilized at affiliated hospitals of Zhengzhou University, Zhejiang University, and 301. Within the country, only a few dozen such robots have been installed, mostly used in thoracic, abdominal, and urological surgeries.
“It’s truly a sha that Da Vinci can’t be used for orthopedic surgeries,” Professor Tan expressed his disappointnt.
“Director Tan, let’s check the next operating room!”
There were several multi-purpose operating rooms in the sa row. They all went to another one.
“Tianji?” Tianji, a dostic surgical robot, can perform orthopedic procedures.
Director Tan’s eyes lit up. Director Tian explained, “This one we bought ourselves, using money from the foundation. It’s just as good as the imported ones, albeit we only have one for now.”
“What a wonderful piece of technology, truly wonderful!” Director Tan admired, caressing the robotic arm and looking around the operating table.
While Da Vinci is an Arican product, it can’t perform orthopedic surgeries. Tianji, on the other hand, is locally produced and can handle orthopedic procedures – it’s the only orthopedic robot in the world capable of conducting surgeries on the whole spine, pelvis, and limbs.
But these high-end technologies are not perfect, machines can always make mistakes. In one country, a patient’s major artery was punctured by a robot during heart surgery, leading to their death a week after the operation.
Surgical robots are not actual robots, as the na might misleadingly suggest – they don’t perform surgeries by themselves. It’s more precise to call them remote surgery systems, where the surgeon doesn’t need to be at the operating table, instead commanding the robotic arm to perform the surgery by watching a video screen from so distance.
At the end of the day, surgeons are still in control, it just so happens that robotic arms are more stable and precise than human hands.
This entire process is similar to a remote-controlled toy excavator.
“All these surgery rooms are designed with lead walls for radiation protection, that side will be the operating room, and the operating desk will be set there.”
Director Tian went into the operating room, touched the display screen, and sat on the operation desk chair to get a sense of it.
What a great platform. Choosing to co to Sanbo was definitely the right decision. Back at Fuer, they felt stifled and were unsure when they might be able to make their mark. Now, they felt a surge of ambition and determination stirring within them.
“Will this robot be exclusively for our orthopedics departnt?” Director Tan asked excitedly.
“At present, it will be shared among the major orthopedics departnts, and we plan to buy another one. So, the trauma orthopedics departnt will have one robot, and the other departnts will share another one. Director Tan, you’ll get your chance to shine.” Tian Yuan said.
“Our hospital started later and has a less solid foundation, so we need to catch up. We can’t fall behind on equipnt,” Tian Yuan modestly said.
“Yes, you need a good axe to chop wood,” Director Tan said.
Next door, there was also a multi-functional surgery room for sports dicine.
Director Tan was not particularly interested in that, as he was specialized in trauma orthopedics.
In the future, they are going to make a significant contribution!
Tan Boyun thought, feeling quite pleased.
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