Eagle Country, International Digestive Disease Week Conference Headquarters.
International Digestive Disease Week has been established for more than 50 years. It is an academic event for the digestive community in the world. Every year, it attracts tens of thousands of top doctors and scholars in the fields of gastroenterology, endoscopy and liver disease from all over the world to participate and discuss this topic. Professional cutting-edge technological advances.
This year it is China's turn to be the host country, which will be held in Haishi from July 12th to 16th, with a total of more than 30 venues.
The latest advances and outstanding scientific research results in digestive endoscopy and digestive diseases will be communicated and displayed here.
The most eye-catching event of the entire conference is the Endoscopy World Cup, which represents a direct collision of endoscopic technologies between countries. The top three winners will receive huge honors and become famous.
June 1st is the deadline for video submissions. Every year, there are thousands of submissions from all over the world. After strict review by international experts, each country will select one of the best videos. The team will represent the country in offline competitions. , competing for the championship.
Other excellent participating videos will also be selected into the event highlights, included on the website and the learning center of the conference, and displayed to experts and colleagues from all over the world.
At this moment, an online meeting is being held here.
A jury of more than 20 experts attending the conference will select the video team that will win the championship.
However, there are thousands of participating videos, and of course they cannot watch them all. The ones that appear here are all excellent videos that have been eliminated after several rounds.
Each country has three choices, which are voted on by experts, and the one with the most votes will represent that country.
As a master of endoscopic surgery, Zhou Ruping cannot be absent.
After he entered the online conference room, he immediately smiled and greeted the other experts warmly.
"Professor Marshall, long time no see. How are you doing?"
"Zhou, it's nice to see you. You still seem to be in good spirits."
"Dr. Francis, I saw your paper on early-onset rectal cancer. It was great. I hope to discuss it in person."
"Zhou, thank you for your love. In fact, I have some new ideas and plan to give a speech at the conference. You must come and listen."
"That's natural."
After exchanging pleasantries, others entered the conference room one after another.
After a while, the meeting officially started.
In alphabetical order, Eagle Country comes first.
As a major medical country, the quality of the participating videos is very high, making it difficult for the judges to make a choice.
"Wow, these three are all very skilled in endoscopic examination. They will definitely be the kind of doctors I want to recommend to my patients."
“One is from Mayo, one is from Cleveland, and one is from Hopkins, all top endoscopists from top hospitals.”
"Ok, since I have to make a choice, I will choose Dr. Castiel from Cleveland. His ESD surgery has the smallest blood loss, less than 5 milliliters. He is simply amazing."
"Yes, his technique is extremely smooth, there are no unnecessary movements in the whole process, and the operation is completed the fastest. The most shocking thing is that the amount of blood loss during the operation is the least among the three, so I also vote for him."
Many experts present also made their choices.
Dr. Castiel won without any suspense and will represent the Eagle Nation in the offline competition.
Next, the voting for some small countries was much faster. Since the medical level of many small countries was not high, they could not even put together three videos. There were also some poor countries that could not show a single video and were skipped directly. .
You should know that the conference also has requirements for participating videos. It does not mean that if a country only has one video, it will definitely be selected, but there is a certain threshold.
The minimum rigid standard is to successfully complete a level 4 surgery to be eligible to represent your country.
You can't let a group of top experts review some second- and third-level surgeries.
Therefore, except for those developed countries and medical powers, only three videos can be gathered for voting.
Not long after, it was China's turn.
Zhou Ruping suddenly became energetic and straightened his back, like a javelin stuck in his seat.
When the information and images of the three videos were displayed on the screen, there was a burst of exclamation.
"Wow, Zhou, you are the big winner this time."
"It's all your unique skills. It's really enviable."
"Zhou, are all Chinese endoscopists your students?"
Zhou Ruping couldn't help laughing when he heard the experts' ridicule.
There is no other reason. According to the data, two of Hua Xia's three videos are his students, and the other is his student's student.
Whichever one wins makes no difference to him.
"Even with the same teacher, the level of students will vary. Please help me see which one has my true inheritance?" Zhou Ruping touched his chin and smiled quite complacently.
The other experts immediately glared at each other, casting contemptuous looks at him.
"Zhou, what you said is a bit shameless. The players who are qualified to vote are among the best in the world."
Professor Marshall blew his beard and glared, immediately exposing Zhou Rubing's Versailles attitude.
"Yes, I would be so happy if one of my students could participate, let alone three students."
"Hey, I didn't expect that the older you get, the thicker your skin becomes. I don't even have the shame to praise you to my students."
"Zhou, since you teach so well, why do my students who go to you for further study do not have such good skills? Are you hiding something secret?"
"Ahem, the main reason is that the national conditions are different. There are too many patients in China, and students naturally have more opportunities to practice. It is reasonable for the high level."
Zhou Ruping didn't expect that his words would attract the contempt of his old friends, so he could only quickly interrupt and return to the topic.
"Everyone should get down to business first and watch the video to vote."
As soon as the others thought it made sense, they did not delve into it further, but watched the competition videos one after another.
"The first video is about G-POEM technology and the treatment of esophageal diverticulum. It can be seen that the team of this player cooperates tacitly. The operation process is silky and smooth. The 10-centimeter tunnel reconstruction was completed in 10 minutes. It is very beautiful."
"The treatment of esophageal diverticula is rarely carried out in major countries around the world. It is a very high-tech and sophisticated technical project. This player even learned Zhou's unique skills, which is very impressive."
"The operation took 30 minutes, which was quite fast and caused very little trauma to the patient, which shows the extraordinary skills of the contestants."
"The amount of bleeding is also controlled within a reasonable range, which is quite good."
"I think this is very good, and I plan to vote for this player."
The experts' eyes lit up and they praised loudly.
Zhou Ruping smiled lightly and said, "Don't make such a hasty decision. Let's watch the second video."
Everyone nodded, and the second video immediately started playing on the screen.
"Is this NOTES surgery? Endoscopic sphincterotomy through the portal represents the highest level of radical surgery for early rectal cancer." As an intestinal expert, Dr. Francis was the first to exclaim.
"This player is probably a disciple of Zhou's most outstanding student. It can be seen that he has his own ideas. He did not choose Zhou's most iconic ESD and POEM surgeries, but found a new way and chose another innovative surgical technique. Come and compete.”
"NOTES surgery is currently the forefront and hot spot in the international surgical treatment of rectal cancer. It is very popular and the surgery is very difficult. Even in Eagle Country, there are only a handful of doctors who can smoothly perform this surgery."
"This player is very confident and has also undergone sufficient training. His movements are skillful and his cuts are clean. I am very optimistic about him."
"Haha, I have a different opinion. Although this player practiced the surgery carefully, he still lacks some details."
"Oh? Professor Marshall, what do you say?"
Professor Marshall frowned and pointed at the surgical screen and said: "Look at these titanium clips used to close the wounds. They are too dense and the order of arrangement is not high and low. They lack beauty and look a bit rough."
As soon as he said these words, someone immediately yelled: "Farke, Marshall, when will your obsessive-compulsive disorder get better? Being too demanding is a disease that needs to be changed! According to me, this player's stitches have already been done." That’s great, don’t be picky.”
It can be seen that this expert seems to be unable to stand Marshall's overly picky problem, and can't help but stand up to show fairness.
Marshall was not angry, but smiled and said: "Dr. Francis, you are an expert in treating rectal cancer. What do you say?"
Francis looked at the operation screen carefully and nodded: "Titanium clips are generally used to close surgical wounds. The clips must be in an appropriate position, strong, and of moderate density. In this way, the suturing effect in surgery can be achieved. .”
"NOTES surgery is an active perforation, and its closure requires suturing all the mucosa and muscle layers, so suturing is relatively more difficult. This is also one of the difficulties of the surgery. Marshall's remarks are not nitpicking."
"To achieve the best effect of double-layer closure, the order and position of the titanium clips is very important. To achieve a well-proportioned height, we cannot rely on density like in surgery."
"It's just that the requirements for players are higher and require more care and patience. Obviously, this player seems to be lacking in this aspect. He only focuses on the surgical process and doesn't seem to care too much about wound closure. It’s a pity for the patients.”
"That's... okay, you're right." The expert who was swearing blushed, held back a sentence for a long time, and then stopped speaking.
Other experts also nodded, agreeing with Francis's assessment.
Marshall grinned and made a face at the camera.
Zhou Ruping's expression remained calm, not affected at all.
The second video plays silently, followed by the third video.
"Oh, it's Zhou's trick again, a very classic total circumferential resection (ESD) for early esophageal cancer."
"This case of 14 cm long esophageal mucosal cancer is very rare."
"The esophageal space is narrow and the cancerous mucosa is so large, the operation is very difficult. It requires extreme care and patience to reduce complications such as bleeding, subcutaneous emphysema, and perforation."
"This player seems to be a true master of Zhou. His movements are smooth and smooth, which is pleasing to the eye."
At this time, Professor Marshall suddenly asked: "Zhou, tell the truth, are you doing the surgery? You didn't bring your surgery video to compete so that we could embarrass you, right?"
Zhou Ruping didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What did you say, am I that kind of person? You said this is one of my students, and he has only studied with me for less than two months."
"What?" The experts were instantly shocked.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how can you learn so well in just two months?" Professor Marshall shook his head repeatedly, with an expression like you are so bad, you lied to me, a bad old man.
Zhou Ruping laughed and said: "These two months are the time to seek further training from me. He taught himself ESD surgery for three years before."
"I was also surprised that this kid could perform like this. Maybe it's because of his extraordinary performance."
"However, you are right about one thing. His hard-working and unremitting attitude is really like mine. This must be a true inheritance from me."
"When you say that, it seems true." Marshall nodded: "If I can work as hard as you can, I will definitely reach this level."
"Keep reading. This is just the beginning. There may be more surprises." Zhou Ruping said leisurely.
The experts continued to look, and soon some started asking questions.
"Why is the vision so clear? There is no smoke or water vapor at all. It shouldn't be."
"No, what kind of knife is he using? An electric knife? Why is it so weird?"
"Is it a nano knife or a radio frequency knife? It doesn't even look like it?"
"Fake, this magnified lens turns out to be an ultrasound scalpel."
"It's impossible. Ultrasonic scalpels are all straight. How can they be twisted into this angle? Are you dazzled?"
"It's the ultrasound knife." Zhou Ruping quickly spoke up, putting an end to everyone's debate.
"What? Is it really an ultrasonic scalpel? An ultrasonic scalpel that can be bent at will? An ultrasonic scalpel that can be operated under a flexible endoscope?"
Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
However, someone soon showed joy and couldn't wait to ask: "Is this Johnson & Johnson's new equipment? Why haven't I heard of it? Great, I have already used the ultrasonic scalpel during laparoscopic surgery, but There has never been a flexible ultrasonic scalpel suitable for use in the digestive tract, but this time I saw it in China’s surgery video, which is really gratifying.”
Speaking of this, he seemed to notice something was wrong: "Zhou, why does Johnson & Johnson's new ultrasonic scalpel equipment actually appear in your surgery video? Isn't this unreasonable? Johnson & Johnson is a company in Eagle Country, and if it has new equipment, it should be given to us first. .”
"Haha," Zhou Ruping said bluntly: "You are wrong. This is not Johnson & Johnson's ultrasonic scalpel. It is the new ultrasonic scalpel from Sanqing Group. Several prototypes were sent to me for clinical trials."
"Oh, by the way," he added: "The endoscope used in the surgical video is also Sanqing's equipment. This whole set, from the endoscope to the ultrasonic scalpel, is all Sanqing's."
These words silenced all the experts present.
Everyone stared at the screen in shock, taking a long time to digest the news.
Professor Marshall was the first to cheer: "OMG, how could I miss such a good thing? Zhou, I decided to attend the meeting in advance and go to your hospital for a while before attending the meeting. Promise me, you must let me get started. Try Sanqing’s new equipment.”
Francis also nodded in agreement: "Let me ask, is there a colonoscopy? I can't wait to experience the pleasure of using an ultrasonic scalpel to remove intestinal polyps."
Other experts also expressed their soulful sighs, saying that they must take advantage of this opportunity to experience it.
Zhou Ruping smiled happily, waved his hand and said: "I was just about to tell you that Sanqing plans to sponsor this Endoscopy World Cup. The exhibition official has agreed, and you will be able to see it in the operating room soon."
After speaking, he began to bring everyone back to the topic: "Okay, there is no rush in this matter, voting is more important, everyone, hurry up and watch the video."
Fortunately, the ESD surgery video is relatively long, so everyone didn’t waste much time due to this interruption.
The video has been edited, cutting out some irrelevant links, leaving only the most critical parts.
So after more than half an hour, the video was finished.
However, the experts in the conference room fell into an eerie silence one by one.
(End of chapter)
