My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 118 91: Shop Around, the Suitable One Is the Best

"Are you planning to choose the fast-knife approach as your surgical developnt path?" Dr. Xu turned his head and stared at him.

Last ti when he asked Zhou Can, Zhou Can had not made up his mind.

This ti, he actively inquired about the training thod of fast-knife surgery, reigniting Dr. Xu's hope.

He was so eager for Zhou Can to beco his fast-knife successor.

"Uh... I haven't really made up my mind! But that doesn't stop from wanting to understand the advantages and disadvantages of your fast-knife technique compared to Director Hu's 'Most Stable Scalpel'." Zhou Can said with a sheepish smile.

"You little rascal, you're comparing options from different sources! Fine, it's a good ti to tell you about the different styles of surgery and their respective pros and cons."

Dr. Xu couldn't help but shake his head and laugh scoldingly.

"The three most common surgical styles are stability, precision, and speed. Director Hu's surgical feature is stability, which can cope with almost all surgeries and guarantees that the surgical process goes exceptionally smoothly, as steady as an old dog. However, because of his obsession with stability, it's inevitable that the surgery cannot be done quickly. It can reach a certain level of precision, but it can never be to the most exquisite detail."

The greatest feature of stability is safety and the guarantee of successful surgery completion.

However, because it can't be fast and can't achieve ultimate precision, it's dood that so surgeries that require a short completion ti or extrely ticulous excisions and separations cannot be perford.

This is also an important reason why Director Hu Kan is less famous than Wu Baihe.

Many highly complex surgeries are simply beyond his capacity to lead.

Either give up or have soone else take the lead.

Just participating in the surgery, one is rely akin to a supporting actor in a movie. Naturally, you won't be as famous as the lead.

People often only rember the lead.

Of course, supporting actors sotis have the opportunity to stand out, even to surpass the lead, but those are rare exceptions.

In the dical profession, because there's a strict hierarchy and professional code, a 'supporting actor' who just participates in surgeries can hardly ever surpass the fa of the lead surgeon.

I guess that's an unspeakable pain in Director Hu Kan's heart.

When he chose stability as his style, it was certain that he could only continue in that manner, unable to shine as brilliantly or beco as widely known as Wu Baihe or Dr. Xu.

"Let's talk about my 'fast' style next. There's a saying in martial arts: in all skills in the world, nothing surpasses speed. This is mostly true for surgery as well. When your speed reaches the extre, it seems that stability is sacrificed, but the process of being fast can bring with it the effect of stability. For example, if you make a quick incision, at worst you may cut off target or too deep, but you hardly need to worry about hand tremors or hang-ups."

That's actually true.

According to physics, kinetic and potential energy, a cut made at extre speed must be in a straight line. It cannot be a wavy line.

The surgery ti is significantly reduced, so there's no need to maintain high ntal focus for a dozen hours or more.

It might be over in just half an hour or an hour or two.

Every surgical style has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Just like people, nobody's perfect.

"The downside of speed is that you can't fully control it, and it's easy for your hands to move faster than your brain. Also, if you have any hesitation, you can't achieve the ultimate speed. This requires a lot of practice to be able to exercise control freely. However, even when you can control it well, it is still not foolproof. Over the past few years, I've pondered countless tis the reasons for accidents, and I believe that as long as you have inner calm, you can restrain the impatience and restlessness that co with pursuing extre speed. It's like putting a double safety barrier on speed, and the chance of an accident should be controllable to zero."

As Dr. Xu spoke, a near-maniacal confidence shone on his face and in his eyes.

Hands moving faster than the brain, cutting the wrong organ, or cutting too much, these things happen in the operating room. Dr. Xu is an absolute expert in this area and has the most say.

"I believe in the teacher's philosophy."

Others might not believe him, but Zhou Can deeply does.

It's not blind admiration, but a comprehensive judgnt made from so traces revealed by Dr. Xu's behavior and deanor.

"Thank you!"

Dr. Xu looked deeply into Zhou Can's eyes, and as their gazes t, he felt as if he had found a kindred spirit.

Perhaps it was because after the incident, his status plumted, and he might never be able to recover in his lifeti, making any of his ideas seem like the ramblings of a failed man to outsiders.

Not being recognized or valued.

So when soone suddenly showed heartfelt agreent with his ideas, Dr. Xu was so moved that he even thanked his apprentice.

It was the first ti the teacher was so polite to him.

This made Zhou Can a bit uncomfortable.

Because too much politeness indicates distance.

He actually preferred the very strict Mr. Xu.

"Now let's talk about the third style of surgery, precision. Wu Baihe of Neurosurgery has almost reached the pinnacle in this field."

Zhou Can noticed that his teacher used the word 'almost.'

This suggested that Wu Baihe hasn't reached the ultimate level in precision, but has achieved very high proficiency.

"Precision can be understood as accuracy, ticulousness. During surgery, whether operating near the Brainstem, dissecting a tumor off the coronary artery, or suturing nerves, special blood vessels, etc., it can be done precisely as intended. Other doctors may not dare to undertake dangerous surgeries he is willing to, which is an advantage. Over the years, Wu Baihe has successfully completed at least a hundred surgeries with extre difficulty."

"Although there is also a certain failure rate, he indeed has completed many surgeries that other chief surgeons consider taboo."