Chapter 4253 [342] Like Trees

Everyone looked to Dr. Xie again for answers.

"The reduced hole is an auxiliary hole, so the size does not change when there is only one hole left, and it can even be smaller." Dr. Xie Wanying said.

In the past, the four holes of thoracoscope were the main operating hole, observation hole and two auxiliary holes. The first thing to be removed must be the auxiliary holes. The observation holes can actually be regarded as auxiliary functions. In the end, what is left after single-hole surgery is one main operation hole. hole.

The benefits certainly extend beyond scar reduction.

Whether it is four holes or three holes, the holes should be located on the chest wall. When the chest wall is opened into the chest cavity, the doctor's knife must be inserted into the human chest from the intercostal space, which is equivalent to injuring the intercostal nerves.

Even if cardiothoracic surgery is minimally invasive via thoracoscopic surgery, the surgery is a traumatic job after all, and intercostal neuralgia is the most common postoperative sequelae of this type of surgery.

By analogy, we know that the fewer surgical openings, the better.

"I understand." The patient's family members summed up the doctor's words, "Small opening, fewer openings, less damage, faster recovery, and fewer sequelae."

Then, Liang Xiwang returned to his father: "This kind of surgery is good, why haven't I heard you talk about it before?"

"Our hospital is just doing research. Just like you study chemistry, chemistry is endless, and medicine is the same."

"What they mean is, Dad, the hospital here can't do this surgery, but Dr. Xie can do it? Why?"

Dean Liang immediately explained to his daughter that his hospital was not incompetent: "There are many technical problems that need to be solved in single-port surgery. You have to understand that if single-port surgery is easy to achieve at the beginning, it will not be said that the initial form is four-port surgery." Had surgery."

What are the technical difficulties in single-port surgery?

Dr. Xie Wanying gave another analogy to the family members: "Single-hole surgery is equivalent to putting multiple chopsticks into a narrow bottle mouth. Next, these chopsticks need to perform various operations in the bottle. It may be the cooperation of two chopsticks, or It could be a chopstick doing an operation.”

"this?"

"If you think about it, you know that chopsticks will fight inside. This is a common phenomenon in laparoscopic surgery."

Ms. Liang Xi understood and whispered to her father: "What Dr. Xie said is really good. He must be a top student."

Dean Liang nodded, and his daughter guessed correctly.

My daughter works in scientific research in a university so she can understand what top talents are. Top talents are, the more they can explain complex academic principles in a clear and transparent way, the more powerful they are.

"It's more than that -" Dr. Xie Wanying continued.

"Why?"

Hearing that the voice came from his father, Liang Xi turned around and asked: Dad, you don't know?

Dean Liang shut up: Forget it if you don’t know how to solve the single-hole technical problems. If you don’t even know what the technical problems are, it would be a shame.

In fact, it is not surprising. Clinical technology is a practical work, and many difficulties have to be discovered in practice, which cannot be discussed on paper alone.

Boss Zhang and his gang of Guozhi people all listened with their rabbit ears raised and their eyes wide open.

No way, they have not yet entered the first step of the practical test, and have no idea what difficulties are waiting for them ahead.

"Such an operation cannot be completed by one doctor." Dr. Xie Wanying said.

Don’t think that single-port surgery only requires one person to perform the surgery. Even if you think about robotic surgery, this is not completely possible. Of course, the benefits of robotic surgery are self-evident, as it is the closest technical path that can be completed by one person.

"In the future, if you want one doctor to complete the surgery alone, you will have to use a single-hole robotic surgery." Dr. Xie Wanying added.

Dean Liang was able to let out a big sigh of relief.

According to what he knows, Guozhi is ahead of the National Association in surgical robot research.

"Technically, no one can ever surpass anyone else. Dean Liang, you are a thoracic surgeon. You know that lungs are like trees, and technology is also like trees, with cross-development."