Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s-Chapter 1950 - 1850: Participation

If there is not enough autograft bone, allograft bone can be used instead, meaning using someone else’s bone. It is certainly not as good as autograft bone.

Watch as the doctor picks up a small medical stainless steel cylindrical container, containing bone fragments and artificial bone particles, stirred and mixed together.

Artificial bone comes in granules, with materials such as collagen added to the mineral composition, enhancing the biomechanical structure of the biocompatible material.

This craftsmanship suddenly reminds one of a renovation worker.

Of course, the doctor’s handiwork is far more advanced; without a thick accumulation of medical knowledge, one cannot support such medical craftsmanship. Human lives are ultimately different from inanimate objects, constantly active, with high risks. The storage capacity and computational power of an excellent doctor’s brain compared to an ordinary renovation worker is like the difference between a supercomputer and a regular computer.

The Titanium Cage is filled with the bone fragments. The sawtooth ends of the Titanium Cage mixed with autograft bone are embedded into the upper and lower vertebrae for stabilization, preventing movement. To be cautious, doctors will further reinforce with a Screw-Rod System.

Here comes the renovation worker’s job again. It’s like how you might put a nail in the wall at home. The bone is like a cement wall; first, use a hammer to punch holes on both sides of the pedicle of several vertebrae, then drill, and after drilling, screw in self-tapping screws. These screws serve to reinforce both sides through a metal rod running in between.

These tasks are undoubtedly heavy physical labor. Fortunately, like renovating at home, having tools lowers the threshold for women to participate. This is akin to using an electric cranial drill in neurosurgery.

Understanding the principles of the surgical procedures above, Xie Wanying can begin to leverage her skills to assist the Chief Surgeon when cutting the Titanium Cage to length. After her previous display of extraordinary computational ability, the Chief Surgeon and the team now trust the parameters she provides.

"It needs to be a bit shorter," Xie Wanying estimated.

The surgical doctor adjusted according to the length she indicated and cut it again.

Doctor Liu couldn’t figure out how she calculated such a subtle difference, instead realizing that this small difference might, like the previous cut, work wonders. He wouldn’t foolishly question Student Xie anymore. Besides, the Chief Surgeon was there to ensure correctness.

After cutting, fill the hollow part of the Titanium Cage with the orthopedic material, where the amount filled is equally a skill; too full is not good, and too empty isn’t great either. Moderate filling is most crucial. This ratio can only rely on the doctor’s estimation.

This operation is relatively simple; after the Chief Surgeon demonstrated, he straightforwardly let Student Xie do it.

The surrounding people continued to observe stealthily, thinking perhaps this Master Playboy is really offering extra generosity to girls.

Holding forceps, Xie Wanying carefully picked up autograft and artificial bone pieces, placing them into the Titanium Cage, ensuring even distribution among various parts, similar to leveling soil, pressing to ensure the seeds are thoroughly mixed in the soil.

Once this step is completed, apply the Screw-Rod System.

Drill at the pedicle points for the best determination of location, where Student Xie made another indication.

As the spectators watched up to this point, they couldn’t help but wonder who the real teacher was.

Truly, these tiny differences, possibly only one or two millimeters in distance and slight angle deviations, are often overlooked by other orthopedic surgeons in usual surgeries, given an estimation. All depend on the naked eye; minuscule millimeter distances are hard to discern and estimate, and most doctors can’t compute minute differences to decimal points like a computer.