The Godfather of Surgery

Professor Robert, forty-six years old, in the prime of his career.

Tall and sturdy, he once won a medal in a bodybuilding competition in New York. He always has a flat head, blond hair, blue eyes, a broad face, and a big tall nose that is striking. His nose is relatively white and a little red.

So people often privately called him Robert the Red Nose. He was sometimes suave, a full-fledged gentleman, and sometimes grumpy, like an angry lion.

The high cost of surgery has made him appear on the list of the richest doctors in the United States all year round, and he has accumulated wealth simply by practicing medicine. Compared with some former doctors who later switched to investing in pharmaceutical factories and equipment to obtain wealth, he only relied on surgery to reach the peak of his wealth.

According to the normal charges of the New York Special Surgery Hospital, the cost of a single operation ranges from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars for each operation. If other expenses are included, a complete inpatient operation will cost more than one million dollars.

However, there is no way to make an appointment through the channel of the hospital. The limited number of places every year is filled at the moment the appointment is opened.

If you want him to perform the surgery in person, the best way is to make an appointment from his private clinic and then operate in his private clinic.

Although it is called a clinic, it is actually a specialized hospital that can perform all levels of sports medicine surgery. The surgical equipment and surgical conditions in it are absolutely world-class.

The care of the clinic, Robert entrusted to a reliable professional manager, he was only responsible for the operation, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Here, patients pay exorbitant surgical fees and can arrange for surgery as soon as possible, but they still have to wait, with an average waiting time of three months.

Some patients who have a better personal relationship with Robert will have their surgery moved forward, while the rest, no matter where you come from, will wait in order of appointment.

The appointment fee for the clinic is 20,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to the registration fee of 20,000 US dollars.

For surgery in the clinic, the simple surgery fee is calculated in millions of dollars. Of course, the surgery in his private clinic is not bad.

Many international stars of basketball, rugby, boxing, and golf in the United States have all received his surgery. In the United States, every professional athlete, as long as there is no cost consideration, the first consideration is Dr. Robert.

Robert's grandfather and father are also doctors at the New York Special Surgery Hospital. His grandfather was the founder of the hospital's sports medicine, and his father pushed the hospital's sports medicine to the top. He is a third-generation practitioner.

In the industry, he has a more precise title - Robert Jr., to distinguish his grandfather - Robert Sr. and father - Robert.

But with his father's retirement, it was not confusing to call him Robert, so people gradually called Dr. Robert directly.

Robert sometimes swears, and when he is irritable, he is a lion, and his students tease him privately as Mr. Barton.

Once a boxing champion lost control of his emotions when he saw a doctor, and said in front of him: FUCK, can I have the surgery earlier? I'm fed up.

Professor Robert suddenly stopped the conversation, got up and left, walked to the door and yelled at the boxing champion: Shit, either obediently enter the next round of appointments, or permanently lose the opportunity to become my client.

The boxing champion had to wait obediently for a few months. When he saw Robert again, the communication attitude was very good. There was no way. Some operations could only be done by him, and no one wanted to retire early.

Therefore, there is a saying in the sports circle that you can offend your coach and the referee, but don't offend Robert the Red Nose.

Robert pursues celibacy, and his current lover is already the sixth, three of whom have given birth to children for him and raised them as a single mother.

Now, Robert is doing a multi-ligament reconstruction of a veteran's knee, and with the approval of Dr. Yang Ping in China, he uses the procedure described in Yang Ping's paper.

According to the new method, the operation was smooth and the difficulty was reduced a lot. Similar operations have never been so easy for Robert.

In the past, before surgery, he would use various measurement templates to perform measurements on magnetic resonance images, and use CT and magnetic resonance to perform various reconstructions. Using 3D printing technology, he would print out a simulation model of the patient's knee joint, and then use it in the patient's knee joint. Perform simulated surgery on the model to obtain data on the origin and insertion point and tension of the ligament.

Even so, the procedure of the operation is extremely difficult, the postoperative effect is unsatisfactory, and the initial stability is only sufficient for normal walking and a small amount of exercise, such as jogging, and the chance of being able to return to the game is infinitely close to zero.

Robert gave a name to this type of injury - Retired Polyamy, of course, this is just his personal behavior, this name is not included in the classic textbooks.

He believes that his name will one day be included in textbooks, like a special triad of elbow injuries called the horror triad.

Dr. Robert was humming a song. He was in a very good mood, and every step seemed to be easy, and the experience would be even more wonderful when he became proficient in the future.

Using the new method for the first time, Dr. Robert was cautious and took more than four hours.

After the operation, he is now testing the front and back, internal and external, and rotational stability of the knee joint with his bare hands.

At the end of the examination, Robert laid the patient's lower limbs flat and patted the patient's knee excitedly: It's great, this former lieutenant of the Navy has received the grace of God to make him the first patient of my new surgery.

The doctor took a few steps, away from the operating table, in the open area of ​​the operating room, twisted his hips, and began to dance.

Doctor, is this your new surgery? The next sports medicine annual meeting will be crazy because of you. The assistant had never seen this Mr. Red Nose lose his temper on the operating table.

Even if this is the case, it takes only a few twists when the surgical gown is completely taken off. Today, before the surgical gown is taken off, it begins to twist uncontrollably.

Doctor, pay attention to sterility. The obese itinerant nurse reminded.

Robert didn't care: Jenny, the operation is over, Barrell is over, I won't be on stage anymore, please don't interrupt my dance steps. It's impolite and it will easily hurt the feelings between colleagues.

He actually took off his surgical gown while dancing, and then, like a stripper, made a irritating and sexy gesture, threw the surgical gown and gloves into the trash can, blew everyone a kiss, and winked.

Sir, what's wrong with you today, do you need to ask for psychological counseling? The equipment nurse shrugged.

Robert said mysteriously: Don't talk to me, I have to go back to the office, I will be back soon.

His team has been working together for more than ten years. Assistants, instrument nurses, itinerant nurses, anesthesiologists and rehabilitation doctors are all his own. They not only complete operations in hospitals, but also in clinics together.

Outside of work, they often gather together, often travel with their family members, and it is very enjoyable. Everyone is used to this gentleman's hilarity, and when he is angry, he uses a low roar to swear. a lover.

Robert is generous, and his team members have followed him and have become rich, some of whom have assistants who have also grown into well-known sports medicine experts and opened their own clinics independently.

In the field of sports medicine in the United States, Robert is a golden sign.

Go back and use the KT2000 to test the stability of the ligament, do a dynamic magnetic resonance imaging, and perform dynamic data analysis. Robert explained when he went out.

Carmela, Robert's sixth cohabiting lover, with little Andrew, was waiting for him in the office.

Dear, did the operation go well? I already know the result from your expression. Carmela shook her long golden hair, and her long skirt wrapped her plump body.

A five- or six-year-old black child immediately ran forward and hugged Robert: Dad——

Baby, let Daddy hug him. Robert's sturdy arms picked up the child and held it on his chest.

Oh, it's taller again. Robert kissed the child.

Robert and Carmela have no children for the time being. This black child is not Robert's child, but a child in an orphanage. His single mother was shot and killed in a school shooting to protect students.

Robert and Carmela acted as his temporary parents as charitable volunteers, taking him out to play when they had time to let their children experience the missing parental love.

When the child was three years old, he once fell from the attic, injured his left knee, and ruptured multiple ligaments. Because the operation of the child involves growth and development, it is more difficult than the operation of adults. Once it fails, there is no way to remedy it. Robert has not taken it out. satisfactory surgical plan.

Just had an MRI on him, and the picture was put on this CD. Carmela took the CD out of her bag and handed it to Robert.

Robert put down the child and took the CD: There is hope for his knee joint to recover. Perhaps, a Chinese doctor can help him.

Great! But you can't do anything about it, how could other doctors operate on him? Carmela was surprised, excited and a little disappointed, maybe it was Robert's words to make the child happy.

I'm not completely sure right now. I want to take the time to go to China. Before I go, I want to get Andrew's latest examination data, contact the Chinese doctor, send it to him in advance, and listen to his opinion. Confidence, but he did not dare to draw a final conclusion without seeing Yang Ping before the operation.

Dad, these books are heavy. Little Andrew climbed onto the chair and went to get the medical books on the desk.

Baby, be careful, that thing is too heavy. Robert picked up the book for the child and opened it for him to read.

Dad still has surgery, baby, you and mom are playing here. Robert kissed Andrew.

Carmela and Robert hugged, Robert leaned over and bowed his head, and Carmela kissed his forehead: Andrew stay at home these days, go home early, we'll wait for you, love you, dear.

Love you, dear, I'll cook dinner for you tonight. Robert also kissed Carmela's forehead.

Dad, go to work, I'm going to take this book back.

Little Andrew looked at the book without looking back.